[LiveCD 3.26] DVD can't find cdrom so it won't work

[2shae]

Just wanted to say that the problem still exist.
This is still the same problem as with 3.25c.

In short, the DVD starts, but it can't start the "Live" environment.

my specs:
intel Celeron 2.00GHz P4
NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 256mb
NEC DVD_RW ND-4550A ( firmware 1.08 )
motherboard AOpen AX4G Pro
Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB
512MB ram (don't know which brand)

I'm not an expert but I can't see that it has to do something when it tries to mount the parts

[invar9]

Well the problem before was it would not bioot at all. We need some more information to figure this out. Post the output of dmesg and we will see what is going on.

[WarraWarra]

Are you able to install ??? using the text install option or passing

* Start the SabayonLinux Live system.

sabayon

* Start the Graphical Installation.

install

* Start the Text mode Installation.

text-install

PS> I had to recently update the firmware of my dvd drives and it fixed some error's , it could be that you burned the dvd at faster speed than what the dvd disc is rated as = error or the dvd drive can be bust / needs to be replaced by manufacturer.

Try to boot from another linux cd / dvd or even the windoze cd / dvd if it works the the drive should be fine.

Damn small linux is 50mb if you do not have other non 3.2x SL linux distro's / windoze disk's to try with.

Once you have answers about this it would be easier to find a fix / solution.

[2shae]

I'll post the output tomorrow but how do I get dmesg?

[2shae]

Hi, someone asked me to get the dmesg, but I don't know how.
Can someone help me with that?

[WarraWarra]

Have you tried any of the other dvd /cd 's I mentioned with the objective to eliminate a possible hardware failure ????

Also if you burn the dvd at speeds faster than the disk is IE: 15x on a 4x disk = problems.

dmesg can likely also be done with one of the other linux boot / live cd's that you should have tried already ??? or with older cd /dvd's that worked ????? with the exception of the "Blue Screen of death Distro"

DSL linux or Damn Small linux = 50mb , PcLinux works even on a lawnmower LOL but is bit bigger upto big daddy close to a full cd size. ???

Acronis disk director suite only the disk editor part for windows.

Or you can get UBCD universal boot cd or something like it as it has disk / partition / antivirus etc.etc. on it for maintenance and if you can boot of this then the problem is software / pass other options at boot.

You can also get vmware beta / full copy / other copy that you can use to install directly onto your laptop hd while in windows and do the MBR lilo / grub install so next time you boot = dual boot system and then you can wipe the remaining Windoze partition in your new linux.

etc. etc. etc.

Would like to help.

[2shae]

Hi,

I've tried Ubuntu 6.10 and Suse 10.1 and windows and they all boot fine with my drive.
I'm positive that I've burned the dvd right since i also tested it on my sister's laptop and there it does work

I really have know idea of why it doesn't want to work on my pc, while 3.2 does work.

PS: Graphical install and Text install don't work either.

[2shae]

I tried to get the dmesg but the problem is that I can't view it all because the list that shows up is to long, so I can't get the first part. I can't do "page up" either.

What should I do?

[WarraWarra]

Not sure but I have seen that you can pass other boot options to the live cd , but how no clue will look in release notes / faq or something.

It does sound like the options that is passed in the startup script for the live 3.2x dvd is the culprit

Might work if you force it to load older drivers , how = no clue in SL

When booting I have seen a "nomsi pci" ??? something and this can likely blocking your boot. Not sure.

http://www.sabayonlinux.org/wiki/index. ... e=Sabayon_
might help.

Will try some tricks to see if I can get it to change and get back to you.

[WarraWarra]

Sry my brain is korn syrup today / useless today , need some coffee + 6 kane sugar LOL

Live dvd 3.26 :

Boot options list shows up.

Think it is F5 for alternative boot options or F1 for help and this will list alternative boot methods.

Looks like the dvd has a grub bootloader and this loads like mounting a iso image in linux loop mount.

So if you can boot another Linux distro that uses grub try to have a look at their boot options and likely just replace the text is with the options you think might work , not replacing the loop mount and squash ?? thingy.

This will be linked to the hardware forcing maybe ide / pata or a specifi driver for hardware.

If all else fails boot with another linux distro , loop mount the squash file and clone/copy the i686 version to your hd and the chroot into it and fix grub.

Mount -t warrawarra is very important before chroot /mnt/target /bin/bash otherwise = belly up / errors.

CHROOT :

# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... art1_chap6

I would rather have the i686 on my hd than the install i586 default.

Hope this helps. You can also try to post in THE SHED in forums main page with a lspci option and someone will be able to tell you the missing hardware driver that is the problem.

Sry again for bad advice as my brain is on holiday or something today LOL