Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) Install fails on cdrom open, kernel panic -- please help

[Greg Madden]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:28:21 +0000
Alain -- <ubuntu at asoundmove.net> wrote:

> ------------------------------------------
> From/De [David Woyciesjes]
> On/Le [2006/07/26 17:40]
> ------------------------------------------
> > Alain -- wrote:
> >> ------------------------------------------
> >> From/De [David Woyciesjes]
> >>>     As far as my suggestion on drive locations, it's related to
> >>> what gets used more. About 90% of the time, CD drives aren't
> >>> used. So if you have the2 HDDs on separate channels, there is no
> >>> congestion to fight with from the other HDD. Same reason that
> >>> when you setup a software RAID system, you put only one drive on
> >>> each IDE channel - performance.
> >>
> >> I get what you mean, it all makes perfect sense and I'd love to do 
> >> that... but my IDE leads are two short and I can't cross them over 
> >> between CDDs and HDDs.
> > 
> >     Hmmm, bummer. And I suppose you can't physically relocate the
> > drives in the case (maybe using 3.5"-5.25" drive rails) either...
> 
> Nope.
> I suppose there could be ways, but I'm not so fussed about it all.
> I'd have to discard the floppy drive (very little use indeed) and the 
> zip drive (iOmega, totally useless and already disconnected), then
> move my HDDs up. I have other concerns for now: getting the network
> card & sound card to be recognised by ubuntu.
> 
> Regards,
> Alain.
> 

An old box like that probably has some ISA slots, does the sound card
reside in one of these? You have to set up ISA cards manually. 

-- 
Greg Madden