What you need to do is pop open your machine and configure the cd-rom drive as a master.
Mohammad > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Wilson > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 11:12 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Can't boot past the Takaya > > > > 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 >
