Hi guys,

I've just bought a AOPEN laptop (solution.aopen.com.tw/products/nb/1559-AS.htm) and I'm trying to
install the suse 9.3 on it. The installation starts by detecting hardware and activating the usb, firewire, etc.
Next, the installation stops and tells me that the installation CD was not found (or could not be mounted).
Then I fall back on the linuxrc interface. The hardware panel gave theses informations on the dvd drive: /dev/sr0 and the
ata_piix module loaded. I push on the eject cd button (in linuxrc) but it doesn't work.
I decided to try the Ubuntu hoary live cd to see if it detects my dvd drive and the "installation" also end up
with a "Installation cd cannot be mounted".

So it seems that my dvd drive not supported

I really don't know what to do. Do I have to upgrade the firmwire of the laptop or load a module ?
If I perform a network installation, will the dvd drive be usable after ?

Thanks in advance.

jeff__s31415

The only time this has come up for me, I did exactly what you propose; a network installation. That DVDROM (a Toshiba in a Dell laptop) then functioned perfectly. However, if your drive is not supported, you will likely not have function. New drivers are being built all the time and it may be that you can secure one of these, compile your own kernel (not as bad as it sounds, using the SuSE/KDE tools, which is how I did it the first time) and solve it that way.

Jack