Trying to install White box Enterprise Linux on my PC I get to the point where it says "What type of media contains the packages to be installed."
I enter CDROM and I am prompted with the following:
"Unable to find any device of the type needed for this installation type."
I'm prompted to manually select from a set of drivers. I tried that and all failed. It says I can "use [a] driver disk," but that doesn't work either.
tryed with this workaround without luck.
linux all-generic-ide irqpoll pci=nommconf

Hard drive: Western Digital 160GB EIDE Model # WD1600JB

OS Installed: Windows VISTA
Processor: Pendium Dual core E2180
System:HP 6300f PC

Which release?
Probably an older release that doesn't have support for your CDROM drive.

If the drive controller is SATA or a fake sata, then you can usually go into the bios and set some sort of "legacy" mode. Also make sure that any advanced power features for individual devices are switched off.