No Commmon CD-ROM drive was detected

[Frans]

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:53:40 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/01/2008 06:43 AM, Robert Warmack wrote:
>>   
>>> I have not even attempted to put Windows on it (never bought the
>>> program because I was only going to use Linux on this box).  The CD
>>> drive (LG E-IDE Model GSA-H55NK) is a combo CD-R/DVD+-R combo hooked
>>> up in slave configuration on the same PATA cable as my hard drive.  I
>>> know all the peripherals work because I installed openSUSE early this
>>> morning to use until I can get Kubuntu to work.  Thanks again for all
>>> your help!
>>>     
>>>     
>> [Please bottom post on this list. See:
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>>
>> 1. I'd recommend that you put it on it's own 80 pin cable. According to
>> this: http://static.tigerdirect.ca/pdf/lg-GSA-H55N-manual.pdf there
>> seems to be problems with the 40 pin.
>>
>> <quote>
>> Using a 40-pin IDE cable might bring the '04/08/03 error (LOGICAL UNIT
>> COMMUNICATION CRC ERROR (ULTRA-DMA/32))'.
>> In this case, substitute to 80-pin type IDE cable is highly
>> recommended.
>> This kind of error is hardly detected from some specific motherboard.
>> </quote>
>>
>> 2. From the alternate CD you can enter F1 and it will give you a help
>> menu of all the different options. You can try:
>>
>> Boot option - generic.all_generic_ide=1
>>
>> Press F6 and when you see the:
>>
>> Boot Options file=cdrom/preseed/ubuntu... quiet --
>>
>> after the quiet -- enter
>>
>> generic.all_generic_ide=1
>>
>> and see if that works. If not, reboot to the CD and enter it again,
>> then press F6 again. You will get the following choices:
>>
>> Expermode
>> acpi=off
>> noapic
>> nolapic
>> edd=on
>> Free software only
>>
>> us the arrow keys to select the
>> acpi=off
>> noapic
>> nolapic
>> options. You select them by entering the space bar or Enter key. Once
>> selected press F6 again and continue to install.
>>
>> And if that doesn't work, there are a few more options that you can
>> try, but for the time being start with 1 & 2. Note: your CD-ROM model
>> is reported to work on Gutsy (Ubuntu 7.10) without problems, so this
>> might just be a Hardy (8.04) issue, but I'd guess that putting the
>> CD-ROM on it's own 80 pin cable will probably solve the problem.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>     By a 80 pin cable you mean 40 pins on each end, right? Actually it
> is 39 pins as one is missing for a key to plugin.
> 
>     I have NEVER seen a 40 pin cable period. If this is 20 pins at each
> end that can't work based on the PATA design.
> 
>     I have a HD and my DVD device on a single 120 pin cable which I
> define the HD as master and the DVD as slave. Set the jumpers and it
> works just fine. I really should use the unused IDE controller for the
> DVD but I forget all the time :-)
> 
> Karl

This might explain some of the ' 40 / 80 ' 'wire / pin' confusion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics#Parallel_ATA .

HTH,

    -Frans