<pre class="screen">Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: ubuntu-8.10-server-powerpc.iso Date: Mon May 4 13:53:09 CDT 2009 Machine: PowerMac G5 Processor:G5 quadcore Memory: Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: Detection of the CD-ROM drive fails. I can verify using /proc/devices that the block device ide0 exists, but I cannot find it in /dev. I can see from dmesg and also from /proc/ide/ide0 that this device is the cdrom. Without a /dev entry, I cannot get the installer to manually recognize this device. What should I give to the installer manually to make it recognize the CD-ROM? Also, the cdrom kernel module is loaded. Thanks, Matt </pre>-- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener