Problem installing Fedora on PowerEdge R300

[Jim Nelson]

Matias Gut wrote:
> I have to install Fedora in a brand new PowerEdge R300.
> I tried first with FC5, the cd-rom boots, and installation ask for 
> lenguage and keyboard layout selection,  but then it appears not to 
> recognize the DVD-ROM (which is sata based: teac DVD-ROM DV28sv), the 
> message I get if I do ALT+F3 is: "got to setup cdRom without a cd device".
> 
> Note: I aslo tried with FC 8 and Ubuntu 7.10, having similar problem...
> 
> Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance,
> Matías
> 

Quick hack is to use a USB CDROM drive - they still work fine.  SATA DVD drives have been problematic in linux - I don't 
know if it's been completely fixed yet, but I know last time I was spec'ing whiteboxes about 6 months ago, it wasn't 
anywhere near ready.