SDB:CD not found problem

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Situation

At the beginning of the installation process, the installation hangs with the error message "Install CD not found"

Background

If you are using a Core 2 Duo processor on a modern motherboard you are likelely to run into this error message. The problem is related to the IDE, because on these motherboards the ATA controller is located outside of the chipset in a third-party controller called the JMicron. This is a well known problem with the Asus P5B motherboards.

Solution

By simply replacing your IDE DVD Combo by a SATA DVD Combo, the problem is resolved and the installation works out of the box. Otherwise, we can fix this problem adding the generic kernel module for IDE. We can do this by adding this option in the boot menu:

insmod=ide-generic

If we still have the problem we should do some changes in the bios settings:

First of all we have to load the BIOS, pressing DEL or F1 or F2 just after power it on. There, somewhere in the BIOS setup there should be an option for the JMicron drive controller("Onboard Devices" in the P5B BIOS menu). Set it to AHCI mode, then save and exit the BIOS setup utility.

Once this is modified we can re-start the installation process adding in the first boot menu the boot option:

(insmod=ide-generic insmod=pata_jmicron seems to make doing the following unnecessary)Allan

manual=1

If we find the error message again we could easily skip it and follow the installation steps. Once we are in the main menu after selecting the language we will have to select in the main menu the option for IDE/RAID/SCSI Modules. In the long list that follows, find both the JMicron and the Generic IDE drivers, select them, press Enter, then press Enter again when you're asked for special options to pass to them. We should do this two times one for each driver. Then we select back to go to the main menu where we select the option start Installation or System then the option Start Installation or Update and lastly select the CD-ROM as the source. After this the normal procedure will start.

If this instructions doesn't work, it should be necessary to perform the installation over FTP using the installation source mirror adresses. The difference with the previous proccedure is to select FTP instead of CD-ROM as the installation source. Yet another option is to copy all your installation files to a USB or firewire hardrive (or even a USB flashdrive) and install from there. In the installation program there is an option to choose "install from harddrive".

I had this happen on 10.3 on a Dell Dimension 8100 which is definitely not a CoreDuo machine. I installed 10.2 with no problems on this machine, so what has changed?