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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: No common CD-ROM drive was detected
From:       Peter Tenenbaum <quarkpt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-05-31 20:42:27
Message-ID: AANLkTiluZjjhQg8KJNe07nN0QSXoNkrI41CKNd4OW2L3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Camaleon -- your suggestion did the trick!  I changed the appropriate BIOS
setting to AHCI, and the install was able to continue.  The installer is
currently setting up the filesystem on the hard drive...

Thanks for straightening that out for me!

-PT

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Peter Tenenbaum <quarkpt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, again -- I recently posted on an issue with installing Debian Lenny on
> a new workstation with a Lite-On DVD writer.  I had thought that the problem
> was the driver, but it turns out that my problem is a more familiar one, the
> "No common CD-ROM drive was detected" error with SATA optical drives.  I've
> seen a couple of suggestions around the internet for what to do, but I'm not
> able to understand them well enough to use them.
>
> 1.  Boot in expert26 mode and deselect ata-piix.  My problem is that I
> don't know how to boot into expert26 mode from the Debian Lenny DVD I have.
>  Can I defeat the autorun of the installer on the Debian DVDs?  It looks
> like I can edit the commands which come up on the installer boot menu, so
> maybe that's the thing to do.
>
> 2.  Any other suggestions for how to get around this apparently-notorious
> issue in the installer?  There are many references to it over the years, but
> many of them are several years old and I'm reluctant to try them out now.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -PT
>

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Camaleon -- your suggestion did the trick!  I changed the appropriate BIOS setting to \
AHCI, and the install was able to continue.  The installer is currently setting up \
the filesystem on the hard drive...<div><br></div><div> Thanks for straightening that \
out for me!</div><div><br></div><div>-PT<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May \
31, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Peter Tenenbaum <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:quarkpt@gmail.com">quarkpt@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> \
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi, again -- I recently posted on an issue with installing \
Debian Lenny on a new workstation with a Lite-On DVD writer.  I had thought that the \
problem was the driver, but it turns out that my problem is a more familiar one, the \
&quot;No common CD-ROM drive was detected&quot; error with SATA optical drives.  \
I&#39;ve seen a couple of suggestions around the internet for what to do, but I&#39;m \
not able to understand them well enough to use them.<div>

<br></div><div>1.  Boot in expert26 mode and deselect ata-piix.  My problem is that I \
don&#39;t know how to boot into expert26 mode from the Debian Lenny DVD I have.  Can \
I defeat the autorun of the installer on the Debian DVDs?  It looks like I can edit \
the commands which come up on the installer boot menu, so maybe that&#39;s the thing \
to do.</div>

<div><br></div><div>2.  Any other suggestions for how to get around this \
apparently-notorious issue in the installer?  There are many references to it over \
the years, but many of them are several years old and I&#39;m reluctant to try them \
out now.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>-PT</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>


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