Folks, I've a new machine with a "writemaster" CDROM drive. When trying to install Debian 4.0 from iso image burnt to CD, it initially recognises the CD and starts the installation but fails at the screen where the CD drive is to be recognised (for continuing the installation). I've tried various module/device combos but all to no avail. I've looked about on Google but not come up with a working solution.
Has anybody else successfully uses this CDROM drive to install Debian, or have suggestions on how I can determine a working module/device combo. Please let me know if you need any further information. > > here's some more info (snippets from 'dmesg'): > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 > scsi2 : ata_piix > scsi3 : ata_piix > ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012128 ctl 0x000000000001214e > bmdma 0x00000000000120f0 irq 19 > ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000012120 ctl 0x000000000001214a > bmdma 0x00000000000120f8 irq 19 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64 > scsi4 : pata_marvell > scsi5 : pata_marvell > ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x0000000000011018 ctl 0x0000000000011026 > bmdma 0x0000000000011000 irq 17 > ata6: DUMMY > BAR5:00:00 01:7F 02:22 03:CA 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 0A:00 > 0B:00 0C:01 0D:00 0E:00 0F:00 > ata5.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M, SB03, max UDMA/33 > ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 > scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 5 > device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 > scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 > rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0 > rtc0: alarms up to one month > iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:03.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.01 (21-Jan-2007) > iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8DO TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460) > iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0) > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI > Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:19.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:19.0 to 64 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play ACPI > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 > > cdrom: sr0: mrw address space DMA selected > ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts > As W-J, suggested elsewhere, I've tried a Ubuntu installation CD which does indeed detect and use the CDROM okay (and the box cames with a working Fedora that has successfully written a CD). Here's a snippet of the syslog: Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.554527] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562154] SCSI device sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562163] sda: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562165] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562174] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: ce sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562208] sda: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562209] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562217] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.562220] sda: sda1 sda2 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581569] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581647] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581653] sdb: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581654] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581663] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581685] SCSI device sdb: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB) Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581690] sdb: Write Protect is off Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581692] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581700] SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.581702] sdb: sdb1 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.598588] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600403] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600470] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.600539] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604923] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.604925] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Jul 30 14:05:42 kernel: [ 3.605010] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 (not 100% sure that's all the relevant info...). I also note that Debian fails to detect the (on-board) Ethernet connections. Perhaps it is as W-J suggested and this mobo is too modern (not sure where to check this) any ideas? I've tried all I can think of and Googled endlessly... Thanks Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
