No Commmon CD-ROM drive was detected

[NoOp]

On 07/01/2008 06:43 AM, Robert Warmack wrote:
> I have not even attempted to put Windows on it (never bought the program
> because I was only going to use Linux on this box).  The CD drive (LG E-IDE
> Model GSA-H55NK) is a combo CD-R/DVD+-R combo hooked up in slave
> configuration on the same PATA cable as my hard drive.  I know all the
> peripherals work because I installed openSUSE early this morning to use
> until I can get Kubuntu to work.  Thanks again for all your help!

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1. I'd recommend that you put it on it's own 80 pin cable. According to
this: http://static.tigerdirect.ca/pdf/lg-GSA-H55N-manual.pdf there
seems to be problems with the 40 pin.

<quote>
Using a 40-pin IDE cable might bring the '04/08/03
error (LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION CRC
ERROR (ULTRA-DMA/32))'.
In this case, substitute to 80-pin type IDE cable is
highly recommended.
This kind of error is hardly detected from some
specific motherboard.
</quote>

2. From the alternate CD you can enter F1 and it will give you a help
menu of all the different options. You can try:

Boot option - generic.all_generic_ide=1

Press F6 and when you see the:

Boot Options file=cdrom/preseed/ubuntu... quiet --

after the quiet -- enter

generic.all_generic_ide=1

and see if that works. If not, reboot to the CD and enter it again, then
press F6 again. You will get the following choices:

Expermode
acpi=off
noapic
nolapic
edd=on
Free software only

us the arrow keys to select the
acpi=off
noapic
nolapic
options. You select them by entering the space bar or Enter key. Once
selected press F6 again and continue to install.

And if that doesn't work, there are a few more options that you can try,
but for the time being start with 1 & 2. Note: your CD-ROM model is
reported to work on Gutsy (Ubuntu 7.10) without problems, so this might
just be a Hardy (8.04) issue, but I'd guess that putting the CD-ROM on
it's own 80 pin cable will probably solve the problem.