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[Michael Fischer <michael@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 15, Michael Fischer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, Sloan wrote:
>  
> > Why not just rsync all the files of interest over to the new box? The
> > integrity of the filesystem is really not connected to the display issues...
> 
> Well, in the ongoing saga.....
> 
> The new machine is a spanking HP pavilion, dual core athlon 64.
> 
> And 10.1 doesn't recognize the DVD/CD rom...
> 
> Install no go. 
> 
> Install ACPI=off at least gets me som old fashioned curses-style 
> dialog boxes, but which invariably tell me it can't find/mount
> the cd rom device. going into the System Information dialog
> to Hard Disks or CD-ROMs tells me it finds the SATA HD, and 
> even all the cute flash-rom thingies. But not the DVD/CD.

FWIW, the only branding I can see on the DVD/CD drive is "lightscribe".

Any wisdom on that?

I'd google, but this machine from which I am typing doesn't know
it has a mouse, and that's just murder to tab through vendor sites
to learn more ... (me hates the thought of being mouse-dependent
to be reasonably productive online...)

TIA

Michael
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