Re: Gentoo install not going

As an addendum to this, I tried the Ubuntu server installation, and had
no problems.

BUZ

Howard R. Hamilton wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I am having problems with getting a Gentoo install to function. I am
> using the Gentoo "livecd-X86-2006.0" iso, which I download from two
> different sites, and both ISO's compare as identical.
>
> The machine is a Dell PowerEdge 750, single Xeon Pentium 4 at 2.8GHz,
> 256M RAM, 250G Sata HD, no floppy, USB DVD -RW.
>
> During the CD boot process, the install kernel loads, loads drivers
> for sata, and then gives the following messages:
>
> Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda
> No bootable medium found. Waiting for new devices...
> Cound not find CD to boot. something else is needed!
>
> It then loads the keymap, and then gives the following messages:
>
> Determining root device...
> The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
> Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell.
> boot() ::
>
> I have tried doscsi, dodevfs as kenal options, but other than a
> different list of drivers, get basically the same results.
>
> How do I get the install kernel to load a USB driver for the external
> DVD drive?
>
> BUZ
Received on Sun Aug 20 16:48:05 2006