[Discuss] debian and SATA CDROM

[pw]

Deryk Barker wrote:
> 
> pw wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been trying to re-install Debian with a SATA DVD.
>> The installer boots fine and then complains that there
>> is no matching CDROM driver for the DVD drive.
>>
>> What is curious is, when I boot into Debian the DVD
>> drive is there and perfectly useful... 
> 
> Which version of  debian - or, more precisely, how recently did you 
> download?
> 
> I had tremendous problems with a new HP laptop last year; it has a SATA 
> DVDROM and none of the debian based distros I tried (including ubuntu, 
> mint and several others) would even boot. Ended up going to sidux. By 
> Xmas, though, ubuntu was able to install.
> 
> Have you tried any other distro? Just to see if the problem is with the 
> deb installer - not suggesting you switch...:-)
> 


The Debian disks I have are 4.0R2. I haven't tried any other distros.
I did try Mandrake 10 but it also failed. The Mandrake distro is
substantially older.

What version of ubuntu did you find worked?
I have the ISOs for Breezy.

Peter