From: Paul Colquhoun <paulcol@andor.dropbear.id.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:36:56 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17635071.NObeTONUHs@tux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ED0792C.8000802@gmail.com>
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:29:16 PM Dale wrote:
> Paul Colquhoun wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:28:50 PM Albert W. Hopkins wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
> >>> Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and
> >>> needs a
> >>> kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody know of a Live CD that will work with a SATA CD drive?
> >>
> >> AFAIK most (all) modern computers that have CDROM drives are SATA, at
> >> least the one i bought a couple of years ago does.. so I'm wondering
> >> if
> >> your problem is not that you have a SATA CDROM but something else.
> >>
> >> Have you tried boot media other than the Gentoo livecd?
> >
> > Actually I had tried 4 boot media *other* *than* the Gentoo livecd, for
> > the simple reason that I thought they had stopped making them!
> >
> > Stupid me.
> >
> > Looking at the Gentoo download page, they have an AMD64 minimal install
> > CD image created just days ago.
> >
> > The Gentoo livecd works! I should have looked there first and saved
> > myself a lot of trouble (and 4 blank CDs!).
>
> Could it be something in the BIOS maybe? My rig that I built last year
> has a SATA CD/DVD burner and it boots Gentoo CDs, Knoppix, systemrescue
> and another that I can't recall. Knotix (?) or something. It should
> work. You may want to try systemrescue if you haven't already. I'd
> figure this out before something happens and you have to boot something
> to fix it.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
It may be something in the BIOS, but I didn't change anything between the
other livecds NOT working, and the Gentoo one working, so the Gentoo livecd
seems to have done something different.
--
Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-26 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-26 0:01 [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive Paul Colquhoun
2011-11-26 0:28 ` Albert W. Hopkins
2011-11-26 1:12 ` [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED) Paul Colquhoun
2011-11-26 5:29 ` Dale
2011-11-26 21:36 ` Paul Colquhoun [this message]
2011-11-27 2:14 ` Rod
2011-11-26 11:57 ` [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive James Broadhead
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