does debian 4 support sata cdroms?

[nomadic]

trying to install debian 4 from a netinstall cdrom on my new pc - this worked perfectly on my last pc.
starts ok, loads image, goes thru screens for language, keyboard and then asks me to load floppy with cdrom drivers or alternatively to select from a list of cdrom drivers.

My two dvd/cdrom drives are SATA - I'm wondering if this is the problem, and if so is there a way round it?
Any help please?

nomadic

[nomadic]

kept searching and found what appears to be a matching Debian bug (40025. However, the way round it which worked for the bug finder wont work for me
- say NO to floppy
- say yes to select from list of drivers
- select NONE from the list
- set mount for cd-rom as /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
Fails, could not mount.

I downloaded fresh netinstall image since mine was 2 months old - no difference.

Install keeps bombing out saying found no common cd-rom.

nomadic

[coopstah13]

Try downloading a lenny netinst cd if you don't mind using a testing distribution, it might have the support you're looking for

[nomadic]

hi coopstah13
I also tried the cd1 ISO - same problem.
tried booting with noapic nolapic - no good.

My new pc will install ubuntu 7.10, fedora 8, vista and xp.
I seem to have a similar issue trying to install PCLinuxOS - fails on the cdrom shortly after starting.

My guess is that this is a kernel issue (based on bug 400025.

re your suggestion to use lenny:
I'm not "close enough to the metal" to start messing around. I stand a good chance of messing things up and creating more issues.

I will hold off on Debian until I see a new release coming out. Pity - I wanted to set it up again and make some serious use of it.

Anyway, thanks for the input.

nomadic

[nomadic]

hey coopstah13
I was too hasty with my earlier reply.
I took your advice and downloaded lenny netinstall.
problem is fixed in lenny, installation went without a hitch.
this posting is being done from lenny.

No doubt I will have some issues with wireless, multimedia etc but the base is installed and looks impressive.

Thanks again for the suggestion.
This item is now closed.
nomadic

[LlNUX]

I got SATA DVD-ROM and it worked with lenny as well as with etch !!! More surprisingly even windows XP is able to boot from it)))

[Salvador]

Hello.

I have somewhat different problem, but I'd rather ask here than starting a new thread. I have IDE DVD-RW and SATA DVD-ROM. After installation from DVD-RW Debian automatically detects it, but not SATA DVD-ROM.
Here are /dev content:

audio loop2 ptypb sndstat tty32 tty60 usbdev2.1_ep81
bus loop3 ptypc stderr tty33 tty61 usbdev2.4_ep00
cdrom loop4 ptypd stdin tty34 tty62 usbdev2.4_ep81
cdrw loop5 ptype stdout tty35 tty63 usbdev2.4_ep82
console loop6 ptypf tty tty36 tty7 usbdev3.1_ep00
core loop7 ram0 tty0 tty37 tty8 usbdev3.1_ep81
disk lp0 ram1 tty1 tty38 tty9 usbdev4.1_ep00
dsp MAKEDEV ram10 tty10 tty39 ttyp0 usbdev4.1_ep81
dvd mapper ram11 tty11 tty4 ttyp1 usbdev5.1_ep00
dvdrw mcelog ram12 tty12 tty40 ttyp2 usbdev5.1_ep81
fd mem ram13 tty13 tty41 ttyp3 usbdev6.1_ep00
fd0 mixer ram14 tty14 tty42 ttyp4 usbdev6.1_ep81
full net ram15 tty15 tty43 ttyp5 vcs
hda null ram2 tty16 tty44 ttyp6 vcs1
hda1 parport0 ram3 tty17 tty45 ttyp7 vcs2
hda2 port ram4 tty18 tty46 ttyp8 vcs3
hda5 ppp ram5 tty19 tty47 ttyp9 vcs4
hda6 psaux ram6 tty2 tty48 ttypa vcs5
hda7 ptmx ram7 tty20 tty49 ttypb vcs6
hda8 pts ram8 tty21 tty5 ttypc vcs7
hda9 ptyp0 ram9 tty22 tty50 ttypd vcsa
hdb ptyp1 random tty23 tty51 ttype vcsa1
hpet ptyp2 rtc tty24 tty52 ttypf vcsa2
initctl ptyp3 sda tty25 tty53 ttyS0 vcsa3
input ptyp4 sda1 tty26 tty54 ttyS1 vcsa4
kmem ptyp5 sda2 tty27 tty55 ttyS2 vcsa5
kmsg ptyp6 sda3 tty28 tty56 ttyS3 vcsa6
log ptyp7 sda5 tty29 tty57 urandom vcsa7
loop ptyp8 shm tty3 tty58 usbdev1.1_ep00 xconsole
loop0 ptyp9 snapshot tty30 tty59 usbdev1.1_ep81 zero
loop1 ptypa snd tty31 tty6 usbdev2.1_ep00

and fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

If I try to mount either of cdrom cdrw dvd or dvdrw, they all refer to IDE device. I don't even have an idea where to look for SATA one

And another (I hope, related) question. When Debian detects ports during loading, it finds three SATA ports (there are four of them in total and two of them are disabled at BIOS). The problem is that SATA3 port does not respond and it takes more than a minute for Debian to test it. So I was wondering if I can skip this port testing in anyway. Both devices work fine under Windows XP.

Any help is much appreciated

Thank you.

[Salvador]

Well... to add, it seems that problem is even deeper. When Debian is detecting sata ports it returns the following:

ata2 SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

[nomadic]

Hi Salvador
It may be worth having a look at the debian bugs Debian bug tracking system
There are a number of them relating to cdroms.
My problem specifically seems to match bug 400258 - installation starts, I tell it which keyboard, language etc, then if fails because it can find no common cdrom. This bug has been fixed in Lenny and I have loaded Lenny with no problem whatever.
nomadic