Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Albert W. Hopkins" <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:30:45
Message-Id: 1322267330.1498810.1.camel@stretch
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive by Paul Colquhoun
1 On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
2 > Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and
3 > needs a
4 > kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1
5 >
6 > Does anybody know of a Live CD that will work with a SATA CD drive?
7
8 AFAIK most (all) modern computers that have CDROM drives are SATA, at
9 least the one i bought a couple of years ago does.. so I'm wondering if
10 your problem is not that you have a SATA CDROM but something else.
11
12 Have you tried boot media other than the Gentoo livecd?

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED) Paul Colquhoun <paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au>
Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com>