Re: CD-ROM Driver

[Joel Taqueban <jtaqueba mnl-hub dhl com>]

I tried booting from my CD drive but still that didn't work.

Joel

Sylvain Gitta wrote:

> Hello Joel
>
> I had the same problem with RH 6.0 last week.
> I made a boot disk from the CD using dd.
> My Sony ATAPI CD-ROM just wasn't detected.
>
> Choosing OTHER CD-ROM doesn't help as it looks for a proprietary
> interface (for instance, old Mitsumis).
>
> I solved my problem by booting from the CD-ROM.
> Don't know why it worked, though.
> Is the image you make with dd different than the image that boots from
> the CD-ROM?
>
> Can somebody shed some light on this, please?
>
> Sylvain
>
> Joel Taqueban wrote:
> >
> > I  have just purchased Red Hat Linux 5.2 and started installing it on the
> > machine
> >
> >     Dell Optiplex GX1MT
> >     Processor:  Intel Pentium 400 MHz
> >     Memory 128 MB RAM
> >     Two 4GB HDD Ultra SCSI-2 LCD with 2940UW SCSI Controller
> >     Network:  3Com 10/100
> >     CD ROM Drive:  17/40X  ATAPI
> >
> > I came to the part where the installation asked me if I would install from a
> > 'Local
> > CD ROM'.   I pressed 'Enter' hoping that it would automatically probe my CD-ROM
> > drive.  Unfortunately,  it did not.  Instead, it gave me another window
> > prompting me
> > to choose 'SCSI'  and 'Other CD-ROM'   I chose 'Other CD-ROM', and tried each of
> > the
> > drivers listed (such as Aztec, Mitsumi)  but none of them work.  Instead I keep
> > on
> > getting the error message:
> >
> >    I can't find the device anywhere on your system!
> >
> > What wrong with my system?  Please help.  My CD-ROM is an  NEC CD-ROM Model
> > CDR-3000A.
> >
> > Awaiting someone's kind help
> >
> > Joel
>
> --
>   PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
>                 http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
>          To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with
>                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.