Fwd: CD/DVD drive problem

[Winton Vandepeer]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:

>>
>
> I think NoOp's solution is the most elegant.  Grub doesn't have any
> drivers for your chipset, so can only probe devices through the good old
> fashioned bios commands.  disable that device in the BIOS, and it
> shouldn't be touched before the OS takes command.  (It may seem counter
> intuitive, but individual ata devices disabled in bios should still be
> accessible to a modern OS, including Linux and Windows.)
>
Hi
 not possible to disable cdrom in bios,
the only mention anywhere in the bios of cdrom is in "boot order"
and can't disable it from there.
Many thanks for everyone's help, will keep carrying the external cd drive.

Take Care
Winton