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Re: Failed to install: "Detect and mount CD-ROM" failed



On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:54:34AM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:14:53PM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote:
> >> Trying to install etch from the netinst CD on a two-month old desktop
> >> machine.
> >>
> >> Boot from CD, choose language and location, and then it fails to find
> >> the CD drive:
> >>
> > > Detect and mount CD-ROM
> > > No common CD-ROM drive was detected.
> >>
> >> I have previously installed on an even newer laptop from the same CD.
> >
> >newness of the laptop is irrelevant. What is relevant is what the
> >parts in the laptop are. Several people have seen this problem because
> >some new motherboards are using some kind of SATA to IDE bridge that
> >leaves a CD unavailable between initial boot and the point when CD
> >drivers are later installed by the kernel. I think the installer falls
> >into the gap there and fails as a result.
> >
> >>
> >> Any clues how to start diagnosing this?
> >>
> >
> >Some have been able to get live-cd's to boot in this scenario and you
> >could then use debootstrap to install.
> >
> >how about providing more specific information about the system and
> >maybe folks can help then.
> >
> >A
> 
> Thanks for your reply, Andrew.
> 
> I don't have much information about the optical drive, but Windows
> reports that it is:
> 
> TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D ATA Device

I don't know what to suggest other than

www.goodbye-microsoft.com

it does a live install without any media required. Might be a
solution, assuming you have that other OS already installed.

A

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