Need Help - .CD/DVD ROM Drive Not Seen By OS.....

[Bill Davidsen]

Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> I know this is a Fedora-oriented community mailing list, but seeing as how I
> don't have "access" to another distro's "support network" I figured I would ask
> here and hope for the best. Here's the scenario:
>
> I recently downloaded and burned to DVD the .iso file for a certain Linux
> distro, and everything checked out fine in regards to the download / burn-copy
> process. But when I insert the CD into another laptop to install this distro
> onto that laptops's hard drive I get to the main installation menu, which offers
> me the option to install using the Command Line or the GUI. I chose the GUI
> (since I suck at the comand line...for NOW!) and the first selection after I
> chose the GUI is to choose my language, then to set the keyboard, but
> immediately after those it asks me to select the type of CD drive (SCSI or
> "Other") I have gone through the ENTIRE list of offerings in those lists but it
> doesn't recognize ANY of them.....can someone please tell me what the proper
> procedure is to get me past this point?....the laptop in question is a Lenovo
> T-420 with 4 GB of memory..a 320 HDD...and an internal / modular CD-ROM drive....
>
This is silly, without the distro name we would be guessing. And if their 
support list is exclusionary to that extent, is this really a direction you want 
to go?


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