Trouble installing ubuntu 8.04 on t30 thinkpad

[Leonard Chatagnier]

 Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net



----- Original Message ----
> From: jonathon mcdaniels <jonathon at category4.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:35:54 AM
> Subject: Trouble installing ubuntu 8.04 on t30 thinkpad
> 
> When I use the alternate cd to install ubuntu on my thinkpad t30 type 
> 2366, it fails to detect my stock dvd rom  drive and the installation 
> will not proceed. I have tried to manually detect it, but I can't find 
> the right file in /dev/. Any help would be appreciated before I try 
> another distro of linux.
> 
Well Jonathon, just what  is your stock dvd rom drive anyway? You didn't 
give enough enough info for the list to really give help.
Did you check md5sum on your downloaded iso file against the listed md5sum on the download site? Did you verify the iso disk you burned?  You could google for your stock dvd rom driver/module for ubuntu .  You said above that ....and the installation will not proceed.  Usually that means the OS didn't get installed so how did you read the /dev folder.  If you can access the OS and can determine the correct driver for your dvd drive you can add it to /etc/modules or modprobe to get it installed. If you need help with the cli commands then let us know.  HTH.