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]> ----------------------------------
