On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:29:16 PM Dale wrote: > Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:28:50 PM Albert W. Hopkins wrote: > >> On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > >>> Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and > >>> needs a > >>> kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1 > >>> > >>> Does anybody know of a Live CD that will work with a SATA CD drive? > >> > >> AFAIK most (all) modern computers that have CDROM drives are SATA, at > >> least the one i bought a couple of years ago does.. so I'm wondering > >> if > >> your problem is not that you have a SATA CDROM but something else. > >> > >> Have you tried boot media other than the Gentoo livecd? > > > > Actually I had tried 4 boot media *other* *than* the Gentoo livecd, for > > the simple reason that I thought they had stopped making them! > > > > Stupid me. > > > > Looking at the Gentoo download page, they have an AMD64 minimal install > > CD image created just days ago. > > > > The Gentoo livecd works! I should have looked there first and saved > > myself a lot of trouble (and 4 blank CDs!). > > Could it be something in the BIOS maybe? My rig that I built last year > has a SATA CD/DVD burner and it boots Gentoo CDs, Knoppix, systemrescue > and another that I can't recall. Knotix (?) or something. It should > work. You may want to try systemrescue if you haven't already. I'd > figure this out before something happens and you have to boot something > to fix it. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
It may be something in the BIOS, but I didn't change anything between the other livecds NOT working, and the Gentoo one working, so the Gentoo livecd seems to have done something different. -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.
