On 22 July 2011 16:43, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote: > Uff, have you tried with another IDE cable? Those seem hardware errors. I installed the Debian system using this optical drive, so I think this proves that my optical drive and IDE cable are working properly, for, it was only three days ago that I installed Debian. Is that true? Unfortunately, I don't own a spare IDE cable. Thanks for replying, Horace.