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From: Peter Tenenbaum on 31 May 2010 00:30
Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on iHAS324-98
DVD writer? I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new,
assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about this.
Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot from the
Debian DVD I inserted into the drive!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
-PT
From: Jimmy Johnson on 31 May 2010 03:10
Peter Tenenbaum wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on
> iHAS324-98 DVD writer? �I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new,
> assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about
> this. �Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot
> from the Debian DVD I inserted into the drive!
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> -PT


On the boot kernel line try cheat code "rootdelay=10" without the
quotes, that will give the installer more time to load the cd, it also
works swell for flash drive installs.
--
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Squeeze at sda9
Registered Linux User #380263


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From: Peter Tenenbaum on 31 May 2010 13:30
Mr. Johnson --

Regarding your suggestion of adding a rootdelay=10 line to the boot kernel:
how do I go about doing that? I'm attempting to install onto a blank hard
drive from Debian Lenny DVDs, so I don't think there's anywhere that I can
write to which makes sense. Would I need to do a boot from USB drive to
make this work?

-PT

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quarkpt(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on iHAS324-98
> DVD writer? I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new,
> assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about this.
> Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot from the
> Debian DVD I inserted into the drive!
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> -PT
>
From: Peter Tenenbaum on 31 May 2010 15:00
I just started a new thread which supersedes this one, as I think my problem
is not actually a driver problem but the more notorious issue of SATA drives
not being detected (specifically, "No common CD-ROM drive was detected").

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Peter Tenenbaum <quarkpt(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Mr. Johnson --
>
> Regarding your suggestion of adding a rootdelay=10 line to the boot kernel:
> how do I go about doing that? I'm attempting to install onto a blank hard
> drive from Debian Lenny DVDs, so I don't think there's anywhere that I can
> write to which makes sense. Would I need to do a boot from USB drive to
> make this work?
>
> -PT
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quarkpt(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on
>> iHAS324-98 DVD writer? I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new,
>> assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about this.
>> Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot from the
>> Debian DVD I inserted into the drive!
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
>> -PT
>>
>
>
From: Jimmy Johnson on 31 May 2010 15:30
Peter Tenenbaum wrote:
> Mr. Johnson --�
>
> Regarding your suggestion of adding a rootdelay=10 line to the boot
> kernel: �how do I go about doing that? �I'm attempting to install onto a
> blank hard drive from Debian Lenny DVDs, so I don't think there's
> anywhere that I can write to which makes sense. �Would I need to do a
> boot from USB drive to make this work?


After you boot the cd and then you choose your option for the install
you you will be able to hit an F key or tab key to choose boot options.

I do a lot of different installs so the Debian installer is a little
fuzzy in my head right know, play with the installer, but what you are
looking for is a place to add boot options.
--
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Squeeze at sda9
Registered Linux User #380263


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