Hi Bill, I had the same problem with Takaya 16x CDROM. I do not know if it a problem with the device, but the problem was and is that hdb is detected twice and hdc is not detected at all. So, I connected the CDROM to the secondary IDE channel and left it as slave. It works.
Hope this helps, ZORO On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Bill Wilson wrote: > > Debian 2.0 has been great for me, so I have friend who has become > interested and I just tried to install on his machine. I can > begin the boot from the CDROM, but during the hardware detection, > the machine halts right here: > > ttystuff ... > ide stuff ... (probably should have written this down) > hda: Quantum Fireball > hdb: DF6910C(-D18)2, ATAPI CDROM drive > --------- Machine Halts ---------- > > The CDROM is, clearly a well known brand :-(, Takaya CD-812. > Same results no matter if I boot from CDROM or a rescue floppy I had. > > Is it possible this is a proprietary CDROM and he needs to buy > a new CDROM? Clearly the BIOS can load Linux from the CD. > Before I suggest he spend money and possibly be > further dissapointed, I would appreciate it if anyone who might have > experienced this would let me know if this is correct or point > me in the right direction. > > ---------------- > Should I get past this, I will be staring down an SC-OPTI 16 bit > PNP sound card. Does anybody know what kernel compile sound options > are required for this card, or should he write a bigger check? > > I'm going to find out what shop he bought from and blot it out > of my phone book. > > If anyone can help, thanks. > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Bill Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---------------------------------- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
