I can find a way around this issue, but there are many people who will have more difficulty that will turn them off to either Ubuntu, Parallels, or both. If this can't be fixed, a good workaround should be published by Canonical. The issue ends up keeping people from being able to install Ubuntu from the media, so it will be an issue that sticks around for six months.
To see how users are already responding to this issue, see the following links: http://forums.parallels.com/thread10625.html http://forums.parallels.com/thread10308.html http://forums.parallels.com/thread10297.html http://forums.parallels.com/thread10738.html http://forums.parallels.com/thread10333.html As you see in the first thread link, a workaround seems to be to select Solaris instead of Linux as the OS Type in Parallels. This changes the virtual optical drive that Parallels uses. This may or may not affect further things with the Ubuntu environment, but at least it enables people to install the OS. Thanks for your help so far on this, Phillip, and I hope that Parallels and the Linux community can work better together in the future. As both a Parallels and Ubuntu user, I want to do as much as possible to improve these products. Thanks! -- Parallels Desktop for Mac Optical Drive not recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
