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On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:36:56 +1100, Paul Colquhoun |
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<paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:29:16 PM Dale wrote: |
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>> Paul Colquhoun wrote: |
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>> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:28:50 PM Albert W. Hopkins wrote: |
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>> >> On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: |
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>> >>> Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, |
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>> and |
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>> >>> needs a |
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>> >>> kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1 |
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>> >>> |
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>> >>> Does anybody know of a Live CD that will work with a SATA CD |
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>> drive? |
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>> >> |
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>> >> AFAIK most (all) modern computers that have CDROM drives are |
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>> SATA, at |
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>> >> least the one i bought a couple of years ago does.. so I'm |
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>> wondering |
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>> >> if |
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>> >> your problem is not that you have a SATA CDROM but something |
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>> else. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Have you tried boot media other than the Gentoo livecd? |
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>> > |
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>> > Actually I had tried 4 boot media *other* *than* the Gentoo |
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>> livecd, for |
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>> > the simple reason that I thought they had stopped making them! |
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>> > |
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>> > Stupid me. |
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>> > |
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>> > Looking at the Gentoo download page, they have an AMD64 minimal |
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>> install |
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>> > CD image created just days ago. |
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>> > |
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>> > The Gentoo livecd works! I should have looked there first and |
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>> saved |
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>> > myself a lot of trouble (and 4 blank CDs!). |
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>> |
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>> Could it be something in the BIOS maybe? My rig that I built last |
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>> year |
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>> has a SATA CD/DVD burner and it boots Gentoo CDs, Knoppix, |
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>> systemrescue |
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>> and another that I can't recall. Knotix (?) or something. It |
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>> should |
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>> work. You may want to try systemrescue if you haven't already. I'd |
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>> figure this out before something happens and you have to boot |
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>> something |
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>> to fix it. |
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>> |
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>> Dale |
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>> |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> |
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> |
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> It may be something in the BIOS, but I didn't change anything between |
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> the |
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> other livecds NOT working, and the Gentoo one working, so the Gentoo |
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> livecd |
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> seems to have done something different. |
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I have been running SATA-DVD drive (ok not CD) for a few years with no |
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problems with reading or writing from either Gentoo-Linux or Windoze |
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