[Ilugc] Debian Lenny Installation Problem

[kumar.appaiah at gmail.com]

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
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Kumar Appaiah