[Tfug] Presario Install

[Dennis McCormick]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM, hharden71 at netzero.net
<hharden71 at netzero.net> wrote:
> I just purchased a Compaq Presario:
> Dropped a live CD into it and booted into GRUB without a problem.
> After loading the kernel and some of the drivers it choked and kicked me into a terminal.  With an error message that it couldn't identify the CD/DVD Rom.  I've never seen this before do any of you have a good idea how to overcome this obstacle?
>
> 2.0Ghz Intel Dual Core processor
> 2 Gigs RAM
> 500 MB SATA Hdd
> CD/DVD writer SATA (I think - haven't cracked the case)
>
>....
> Any help with this would be appreciated.
> I tried:
> XUbuntu 7.04
> Backtrack Linux 3-Beta
> Antix Mepis 6.5
> Puppy 2.12
> All had the same error.
> Zenwalk 4.4.1 repartitioned the HDD but then failed in the same manner when it came time to install the OS.
>
Consider trying newer versions of distros, such as Ubuntu 8.04 or
Puppy 4 or Sidux. AntiX-M7.01 is a later version than the 6.5. As
hardly no SATA-equipped computers or servers have come through where I
work on at World Care, I haven't had any chance to try my favorite
distros to see if they detect such CD-ROM drives.

Good luck, Dennis McCormick