SATA CD-ROM installation

atheist · 09-22-2007, 09:21 PM

I just put together a new machine and tried to put Debian on it. I grabbed the http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...-i386-CD-1.iso and started the install process but the installer won't recognize my SATA CD-ROM drive.

It tells me:

Quote:

No common CD-ROM drive was detected.

You may need to load additional CD-ROM drivers from a driver floppy. If you have such a floppy available now, put it in the drive, and continue. Otherwise, you will be given the option to manually select CD-ROM modules.

Load CD-Rom drivers from a driver floppy?

<Yes> <No>

Kinda sucks. And I tried the recommended method of appending libata.atapi_enabled=1 to the boot option but nothing changed.

Any ideas? Is there a special module I need? It's a Samsung Writemaster CD/DVD drive...

Thanks.

HappyTux · 09-23-2007, 12:27 AM

http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ and see if the newer kernel will recognize the chipset on the board plus there may be an option to set the drive/controller to IDE emulation/legacy mode in your BIOS you might want to check around in there.

jay73 · 09-23-2007, 12:33 AM

It's working fine for me although I have to admit that there was no way that it would show up when I installed it while I already had Debian installed. It's only when I installed Lenny later on that it was picked up.

atheist · 09-23-2007, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyTux

http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ and see if the newer kernel will recognize the chipset on the board plus there may be an option to set the drive/controller to IDE emulation/legacy mode in your BIOS you might want to check around in there.

I downloaded an image from http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ and it had no problem with my CD-ROM. Thanks a ton, dude.