Xandros cd not found

Hello all,

I am trying to install Xandros on an old dell laptop. I have downloaded the .iso with bittorrent, successfully burned the image to cd. I can boot to the cd and I see the Xandros logo in the top right and on the left it says:

Preparing Default Setup
Loading kernel..done.
Initializing kernel...done.
Loading modules fs pcmcia usb ide ... done.
Waiting for external devices... done.

Searching for Xandros CD ... not found. <<<Searches for a long time, meanwhile the cd rom light is on and the cd is spinning.

Loading harddrive scan support ... done.
Searching for Xandros os ISO image... not found.
Could not find Xandros os CD or Xandros ISO image...
Unable to continue

Now I know it can see the cd, because how would it get that far if it couldn't? I tried burning another one with another program and the same thing happens, I have tried a few of the troubleshooting setup options including the non-gui setup, but everytime it gets to look for cd it says it's not found. I md5 checksum'd the iso and it was fine, I cannot figure it out. Any thoughts would be appreciated :)

-=j0nnyr0773n=-

Yaay! I got it figured out. Sometimes the cdrom doesn't like the direct memory access. So the work around to this is to press shift when booting to the cd, then go down to custom install and press the tab key, not enter. Now at the command prompt type:

ide=nodma

Now press enter: Blam! On with the install. Hope this helps someone else out :)

-=j0nnyr0773n=-

Thanks j0nnyr0773n,

I have the same problem on my Dell Desktop with Xandros


Thanks for the Workaround :D

I just got my copy of Xandros 4 and was trying to upgrade my Dell from X3 to X4 and got this error and this saved me form being very disappointed.

Thanks!!!!! j0nnyr0773n

It worked like a charm and it saved the day, but I would like an explanation of why it worked.