On 7/19/08, Sivaram Kannan wrote: > Am facing a installation problem in Debian Lenny Beta 2. I downloaded > the dvd version and when I tried to install it in my pc, the cdrom > drive(LG DVD writer) is not getting detected. The installation is > failing in the step, "Detect and Mount CD-ROM." > > I googled and found that I could pass kernel parameters libata=1 or > libata.atapi_enabled=1 to over come the issue. But even after giving > the parameters I got the same errors. I guess the problem would not be > uncommon, can some one give a solution for this
One thing you could try is generic.all_generic_ide=1. This worked for one case, which I recall, having a DVD writer which didn't work with newer kernels, though I am not very sure if it is the same problem. HTH. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
