Frode Petersen skrev:
Kam Leo skrev:
I would not rely on cable select doing the proper thing. Make sure
that the CD/DVD drive is connected to the end of the IDE cable and
that the jumper is set to the "master" position.
I checked and that was the way it was set up.
I guess the most likely reason for my problems is that the drive is
faulty, so I'll get a new one.
Thank you all for the help along the way towards that conclusion!
Are there any problems with sata dvd burners and linux? (I think there
might have been when I built this computer 1.5 years ago, which was why
I bought the ide version.) Specifically, do any of you have any
experience with the NEC AD-7170S or the Samsung SH-S183A units?
Frode
I found a procedure I want to try before giving up on this. Points
against the dvd-burner failing:
- The media IS bootable.
- Each file on the media is readable and has md5sum matching the same
file in the .iso image on disk.
- Fedora mounts the media
If I buy a new drive and it turns out that it wasn't faulty, it'd be a
waste of money.
The procedure I found comes from an Ubuntu bug report, and can be found
here, (where it is explained):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/24022
Here it is:
Step 1: Startup the installer and go to console 2 directly, before even
selecting a language.
Step 2: Press enter to activate the console.
Step 3: modprobe ide-cd
Step 4: modprobe ide-core
Step 5: modprobe ide-generic
Step 6: hdparm /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
At this point it should tell you "IO_support = 1 (32-bit)"
Step 7: hdparm -d1 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
Step 8: Switch back to console 1
Step 9: Proceed with selection language etc - everything will work now.
At step 2 nothing happens when I press enter. I can switch console
(seemingly?) using Alt-F2, but it does not get activated. In consoles 3
and 4 there are output from the boot process, naming, among other
things, modules that are loaded. Close to the end of one of the lists, 3
modules are loaded: forcedeth, libata and sata_nv, in that order. While
not identical to the bug report, I'd like to have a go at the procedure,
just to see if it makes any difference.
Under FC6, are there extra consoles set up in the install boot image, so
that I can follow the steps above, or is there a defferent way to
achieve the same result?
Frode
