Jean-François Simon wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Jean-François Simon wrote:
Hi guys,
I've just bought a AOPEN laptop (http://solution.aopen.com.tw/products/nb/1559-AS.htm) and I'm trying to install the suse 9.3 on it. The installation starts by detecting hardware and activating the usb, firewire, etc. Next, the installation stops and tells me that the installation CD was not found (or could not be mounted). Then I fall back on the linuxrc interface. The hardware panel gave theses informations on the dvd drive: /dev/sr0 and the ata_piix module loaded. I push on the eject cd button (in linuxrc) but it doesn't work. I decided to try the Ubuntu hoary live cd to see if it detects my dvd drive and the "installation" also end up with a "Installation cd cannot be mounted".
So it seems that my dvd drive not supported
I really don't know what to do. Do I have to upgrade the firmwire of the laptop or load a module ? If I perform a network installation, will the dvd drive be useable after ?
Try a network install, and then worry about the DVD.
Do you where I can get the mini-installation iso (to perform a network installation) ? It is not anymore on the servers nor the mirrors. Also, a quite stupid (newbie) question. Isn't it strange that the cd boot, the installations starts and then the drive is not recognize ? If the installation starts, doesn't it mean that the the installation can use the drive ?
You can use the 1st CD or DVD to do a network install. When it get to the first screen, where there's a menu, hit F3, to select one of the network installs. If you don't have dhcp enabled on your network, the install will give you an error, but you'll be able to enter a static IP and continue on. I don't know much about DVDs, but IIRC, with a CD, what boots initially is a floppy image, which then loads other stuff, including the drivers for the CD. The DVD is likely the same sort of situation.