On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 21:12 +0100, pierre.baruch wrote: > At 18:53 21/02/2005, you wrote: > >pierre.baruch wrote: > >>At 15:10 21/02/2005, Paul Howarth wrote: > >> > >>>pierre.baruch wrote: > >>> > >>>>I am new to Linux, coming from Windows 2000. > >>>>I got the set of 4 CD's for installing Fedora Core 2. The CD's have > >>>>been used for installation on other PC's with success. > >>>>I have a Pentium II, mothercard ASUS PL97, 2 HDD (20 and 3 Gb), a > >>>>Creative CD2422ECD-ROM drive and a SCSI CD drive. > >>>>When I boot from the CD, the initialization runs correctly, but, after > >>>>the screens asking to choose language, Keyboard, etc I got an > >>>>announcement: "CD ROM absent, insert CD 1", although the CD is in the > >>>>drive and was properly recognized at boot. > >>>>I tried to boot from the SCSI CD Drive, but the BIOS does not accept it. > >>>>Who can help ? > >>> > >>> > >>>Try the following: > >>> > >>>1. When it says the CD-ROM is absent, try putting the CD in the other > >>>drive at that point. > >>>2. Try disabling the SCSI CD drive in the BIOS or SCSI BIOS for the > >>>duration of the installation. > >>>3. Try physically disconnecting the SCSI CD drive for the duration of > >>>the installation. > >>> > >>>Paul. > >>> > >>>-- > >>>fedora-list mailing list > >>>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >>I tried, without success. Apparently, BIOS recognizes the CD drive, but > >>not the Fedora shell > > > >If you disable the Creative CD2422ECD-ROM in the BIOS, can you then boot > >from the SCSI CD-ROM? > No, the ASUS BIOS can boot from a SCSI HDD, but not from a SCSI CD. > Should I try with an other standard CD drive ? If you have one available, it's worth a try. Disconnect the SCSI CD drive too whilst you're trying; the installer might get confused by the presence of multiple CD drives and pick the wrong one to look at. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
