On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 18:01 +0100, michael wrote: > On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 14:47 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > michael wrote: > > > Folks, I've a new machine > > > > Its likely that the machine has more bearing on this problem than the > > CDROM itself. We need more information regarding the Motherboard and in > > particular the IDE or SATA chip the drive is connected to. > > > > > with a "writemaster" CDROM drive. When trying > > > to install Debian 4.0 from iso image burnt to CD, it initially > > > recognises the CD and starts the installation but fails at the screen > > > where the CD drive is to be recognised (for continuing the > > > installation). I've tried various module/device combos but all to no > > > avail. I've looked about on Google but not come up with a working > > > solution. > > > > > > Has anybody else successfully uses this CDROM drive to install Debian, > > > or have suggestions on how I can determine a working module/device > > > combo. Please let me know if you need any further information. > > here's some more info (snippets from 'dmesg'): > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 > scsi2 : ata_piix > scsi3 : ata_piix > ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012128 ctl 0x000000000001214e > bmdma 0x00000000000120f0 irq 19 > ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012120 ctl 0x000000000001214a > bmdma 0x00000000000120f8 irq 19 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64 > scsi4 : pata_marvell > scsi5 : pata_marvell > ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x0000000000011018 ctl 0x0000000000011026 > bmdma 0x0000000000011000 irq 17 > ata6: DUMMY > BAR5:00:00 01:7F 02:22 03:CA 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 0A:00 > 0B:00 0C:01 0D:00 0E:00 0F:00 > ata5.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M, SB03, max UDMA/33 > ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 > scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 5 > device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 > scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 > rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0 > rtc0: alarms up to one month > iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:03.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.01 (21-Jan-2007) > iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8DO TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460) > iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0) > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI > Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:19.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:19.0 to 64 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play ACPI > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 > > cdrom: sr0: mrw address space DMA selected > ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts >
As W-J, suggested, I've tried a Ubuntu installation CD which does indeed detect and use the CDROM okay. Here's a snippet of the syslog: Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.554527] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562154] SCSI device sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562163] sda: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562165] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562174] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: ce sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562208] sda: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562209] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562217] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562220] sda: sda1 sda2 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581569] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581647] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581653] sdb: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581654] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581663] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581685] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581690] sdb: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581692] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581700] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581702] sdb: sdb1 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.598588] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600403] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600470] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600539] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604923] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604925] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.605010] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 (not 100% sure that's all the relevant info...) any ideas? I've tried all I can think of and Googled endlessly... Thanks Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]