Description of problem: Installation fails because CD/DVD cannot be read. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 9 alpha How reproducible: On this system it is every time. Another system behaves differently (doesn't even get this far). Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert Fedora alpha x86_64 DVD in Pioneer 108 drive and boot 2. select install or uprade existing linux system 3. anaconda runs and one proceeds through language and keyboard selection 4. one is asked for the location of the image; select CD/DVD Actual results: The system reports The Fedora disc was not found in any of your CDROM drives. Please insert the Fedora disk and press OK to retry. Expected results: It should detect the DVD (which is there and was used to get one this far) and proceed with the installation. Additional info: This problem exists with earlier Fedora releases and different drives. It has not been fixed. I believe that this particular system has been fine up to this release. With other computers containing Pioneer 109 and 110 drives problems began with FC6. Using noacpi is of no help.
What type of controller is the drive attached to?
I believe it is VIA. $ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378) (rev 02) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) 00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE] (rev a1) (In reply to comment #1) > What type of controller is the drive attached to?
And which IDE controller is the drive actually attached to?
(In reply to comment #3) > And which IDE controller is the drive actually attached to? Not sure what you're asking here. It is the Primary IDE Master controller. This is confirmed by the BIOS.
I've retested this with Fedora 9 Beta (anaconda 11.4.0.55) and this particular problem now appears to be resolved (on my system with a Pioneer DVR108 DVD drive). It also appeared to be resolved on another system with a Pioneer 111D DVD drive. Thank you very much to those who worked on this one. It has been a major -- not even linux rescue would work -- for the past 3 Fedora releases (FC6, F7 and F8) and was heading for a 4th!