The Fedora disc was not found
Tod Merley
todbot88 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 06:07:06 UTC 2007
On Nov 26, 2007 9:36 PM, <peter.billam at dpiw.tas.gov.au> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade from Fedora 6 to Fedora 8 on an Acer Veriton
> 5900Pro, with no success at all.
>
> So far I've tried
> irqpoll noirqdebug ide=nodma cdnodma edd=skipmbr pci=nomsi,nommconf
> libdata.dma=1 libdata.dma=0 noapic nolapic noacpi scsi_scan=sync
> hwprobe=modules.pata hwprobe=-modules.pata acpi=off pci=noacpi
> pnpacpi=off clocksource=acpi_pm nohz=off highres=off
> which I've gleaned from various google searches.
>
> As far as I can see, any noapic makes it hang running /sbin/loader.
>
> As far as I can see, irqpoll noirqdebug are vital, and nolapic is
> lethal, otherwise the install hangs loading ata_piix driver.
>
> With all other combinations I've tried (about 30 so far) I get:
> The Fedora disc was not found in any of your CDROM drives.
> Please insert the Fedora disc and press OK to retry.
>
> Debian, and Fedora 6, install fine on the same hardware, using just
> irqpoll noirqdebug
>
> Are there other kernel options I should be trying ?
> Any other ideas ?
>
> Selected excerpts from lshw:
> *-firmware
> description: BIOS
> vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> physical id: 0
> version: R01-B0 (03/30/2007)
> size: 128KB
> capacity: 960KB
> capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot
> bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200
> int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard
> int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot
> zipboot biosbootspecification
> *-pci
> description: Host bridge
> product: 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub
> *-ide:1
> description: IDE interface
> product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
> capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list emulated
> *-cdrom UNCLAIMED
> description: SCSI CD-ROM
> product: DVD+-RW GSA-H31N
> vendor: HL-DT-ST
> *-disk
> description: SCSI Disk
> product: WDC WD2500JS-22M
> vendor: ATA
> logical name: /dev/sda
> *-ide:2
> description: IDE interface
> product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
> *-disk
> description: SCSI Disk
> product: ST380013AS
> vendor: ATA
> logical name: /dev/sdb
>
> Thanks, Regards, Peter
>
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Hi Peter!
>From your output above:
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list emulated
*-cdrom UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI CD-ROM
product: DVD+-RW GSA-H31N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: WDC WD2500JS-22M
vendor: ATA
logical name: /dev/sda
Please note that in the above the CD-ROM drive is "UNCLAIMED" and has
no logical name assigned such as the one given to your Disk which is
"/dev/sda". The following comes to mind:
1. It could be that both your disk and the CD-ROM think they are
"Master" on the single IDE bus and your bios made the decision to
ignore the CD-ROM.
2. It may be that CMOS is somehow set so that it does not properly
recognize the CD-ROM. Please note that on older machines the CMOS
battery tends to run low and that CMOS then becomes unreliable. A
quick fix is to re-load the defaults.
3. It may be that Fedora no longer loads a compatible driver for your
CD-ROM. A fast fix may be to try another CD-ROM. Other than that
Google the HW and or see what F6 or perhaps another Live-CD uses.
Good Hunting!
Tod
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