Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

2011-11-26 Thread Rod
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:36:56 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: 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 wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Colquhoun
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 config

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive

2011-11-26 Thread James Broadhead
On 26 November 2011 00:28, Albert W. Hopkins wrote: > Have you tried boot media other than the Gentoo livecd? I see that you have tried the SysRescueCD - have you tried the vanilla Gentoo LiveCD? I find that it is usually pretty resilient. In the past, I've found enabling legacy_ide mode helpful

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

2011-11-25 Thread Dale
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

2011-11-25 Thread Paul Colquhoun
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive

2011-11-25 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
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) mo

[gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive

2011-11-25 Thread Paul Colquhoun
I've just started building a new system from scratch, and have run into a problem. The motherboard only has SATA and USB conectors, no legacy IDE/PATA/FDD/etc connectors at all. The problem is that all 4 of the Live CDs I have tried fail to boot completely. All of them bring up the initial me