I just started a new thread which supersedes this one, as I think my problem is not actually a driver problem but the more notorious issue of SATA drives not being detected (specifically, "No common CD-ROM drive was detected").
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mr. Johnson -- > > Regarding your suggestion of adding a rootdelay=10 line to the boot kernel: > how do I go about doing that? I'm attempting to install onto a blank hard > drive from Debian Lenny DVDs, so I don't think there's anywhere that I can > write to which makes sense. Would I need to do a boot from USB drive to > make this work? > > -PT > > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on >> iHAS324-98 DVD writer? I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new, >> assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about this. >> Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot from the >> Debian DVD I inserted into the drive! >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions, >> -PT >> > >
