On Wednesday 18 July 2007 10:12:16 pm Jeremy Sandberg wrote: > Ok so acpi=off gets me at least to the install screen. This is for > dapper drake server install. Then once I am there it says, "No > common CD-ROM drive detected." And I looked this up on google > because my cd-rom drive is pretty common. It is an LG dvd rw +/-. > And the basic thing I saw was to mess around with your bios because > kubuntu basically thought that my HD was my CD-rom drive. I am > running a sata drive so....any other ideas?
SATA is an interesting beast. Under Linux it is an extension of the SCSI code. However, BIOSes usually have a "compatibility mode" which shows the drives as IDE or worse, both IDE and SATA. What I have found is if you set your drives to either pure SATA or IDE and install, then switch it back, it works. Be aware that sometimes the changes after install may make it so that your system doesn't boot. I'm not an expert *at all* on Kubuntu because I've never used it and I always compile my own kernels. The kernel seems to provide several parameters that can be set at boot time (via Grub or LILO). They appear to be: combined_mode=legacy|libata|both ide?=noprobe More info can be found in the kernel source tree under Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. If you can't find a copy on the net, you can always download a kernel tarball at http://www.kernel.org/ > I might just have to try > slackware and then if that doesn't work out, windows it is! Jeremy Wow! You must be desperate! -- Alberto Treviño [EMAIL PROTECTED] Testing Center Brigham Young University -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
