...and the solution is here: After autodetection of cd-drive fails, switch to virtual terminal and enter:
modprobe ide-scsi Then switch back to installer, re-autodetect your superdrive and you are good to go. -- alternate installer does not find superdrive, thus cannot install. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296042 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs