Rich Forman wrote:
> I am trying to install LM8 and the system hangs with the message
> "Please wait: Trying to access a cdrom disc (FX4010)
> This message comes after the kernel has detected the devices and finds the
> cdrom without error. Viewing the log screen I can see no error messages.
> The ide-cd module is loaded without error and the final message before the
> system hangs is that it loads isofs and succeeds. My cdrom is on the
> secondary ide channel without any other devices. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated. Corporate Server 1.0.1 install and runs on this box without a
> hitch. Here's what I've tried so far (with the same results each time):
>
> Moving the cdrom to the primary slave
> Making it the secondary slave instead of master
> Passing ide1=serialize to the kernel
> Passing hdc=cdrom
> Booting with a floppy and trying both the cdrom.img and others.img
>
I had this exact same thing when trying to install LM 8.0 on an older
machine. In my case it turned out to be the CD (disc) itself. I had
burned it using a CD-RW, and the drive wouldn't read it (it was an older
drive). I burned a new one on a CD-R, and all went well.
Ric
