[KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!

[Eric Beversluis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Beversluis" <econophil at charter.net>
To: "The main KLUG mailing list." <members at kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Beversluis" <econophil at charter.net>
> To: "The main KLUG mailing list." <members at kalamazoolinux.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 1:59 AM
> Subject: [KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!
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>> Well, I'm trying to install Mandriva on my new HDD on the Sony, using the
>> CD-ROM drive that plugs into the PC Card slot. Starts out fine till I get 
>> a
>> message "No CD-ROM found"....
>>
>> Duh: what's it getting its stuff from to get to this point if there's no
>> CD-ROM?
>>
>> I tried plugging a different external CD-ROM drive into the USB1 slot on 
>> the computer, but it goes right to Windows (got XP installed "smoothly" 
>> in "just" 3hrs and 40 minutes--straight install with all critical 
>> updates, no snafus--just XP, no Office or other apps). I tried changing 
>> BIOS to boot from "removable device," but that didn't help. It still went 
>> right to Windows.
>>
>> EB
>>
>> Any ideas?
> PS--I've installed two other versions of Mandrake without having this 
> problem, using the same CDROM via PCMCIA slot.

Well, here's how "brand loyalty" changes. I spent all morning trying to 
figure out ways to install Mandriva. I even installed a scaled down version 
of Mandrake 10.1, but still couldn't see the CD in the external CDROM drive. 
Likewise Knoppix 3.4 and dyne:bolic 1.3 choked at the same point, starting 
up fine from the external CDROM drive and then deciding at some point that 
they couldn't see it.

No response from KLUG list and no response from LinuxQuestions posting. I 
finally thought, What if Fedora works? Clearly the problem is not with my 
hardware, because the Mandrake 10.1 disks continue to install OK. Well, 
glory be! Fedora Core 4 installed as sweet as you please. So now I'm a 
fedorian. Sic transit gloria mandrivi.

EB
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