On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:06:11 +0100, Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been trying to help a colleague install debian, but we ran into > > some serious trouble booting the CD. None of the debian install CDs > > worked (tried netinst beta 4, test candidate 1, and woody cd 1), > > whereas redhat and all other CDs he has tried worked fine. The CD-ROM > > drive in question was a LITE-ON model LTN-403. We changed it with > > another CD-ROM drive, and then everything went smooth. > > > > I just wanted to share this experience for the archive, and perhaps > > someone will find out why this happened and fix the debian bootable > > CDs. :) > > Interesting- I've been trying to install Sarge in the same manner and can't > get past the first CD. > I'm using a Liteon model LTN-526D. > > I'd love the chance to get to grips with Debian, but so far I've just found > the experience rather frustrating. > > Knoppix, on the other hand detects everything except my sound card.
A search on google turned up a couple of other people having problems booting stuff (not necessarily debian) on a LITE-ON drive, but Knoppix and Red Hat still seem to boot without trouble. Perhaps Debian can steal some of the working stuff from another open source project. Ketil Froyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ketil.froyn.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
