[KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 01:59 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> 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?

The BIOS supports booting from the device but the installation image of
the kernel may not contain the appropriate drivers;  distributions
occasionally drop support for older/odd-ball hardware from the
installation images in order to keep the kernel image at a reasonable
size [ as they add support for newer hardware ].

> 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 

Your BIOS probably can't boot from the device.  Do you have a floppy?
You should be able to boot from a floppy and proceed with installing
from a USB devices.

> "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.
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