Current version of Debian.
New PC with Blu-Ray/DVD. Intel i5-3470 CPU, 8 gig ram, 2 x Seagate SATA drives, and ASUS P8Z77-V LX Motherboard.
The Cd booted then install failed CDROM detection. So used a USB CD drive.
Then it failed hard drive detection.
Any ideas or do I just give up?
– Al
Steve McIntyre
[ Admin ]
I have the exact same motherboard in my desktop at home, and Debian runs just fine on it. I had a pre-existing Squeeze installation that ran without problems, and now I’ve upgraded to Wheezy.
(Also using the same machine as a testbed for EFI installation development and testing.)
Which version of Debian you used for installation? Can you provide exact error messages you encountered during installation process?
I can’t see any reason why Debian wouldn’t be able to boot and install properly on specification you provided.
Debian Version 6.05.
After initial boot:
“No common CD-ROM drive was detected”
After using a USB CD-ROM drive:
“No disk drive was detected” with list of possible drivers, none of which worked.
OK, can you please try installation from USB stick? You can use for example unetbootin to create such.
Did you ever figure this out? I’ve got the same problem. Trying to install Debian Squeeze 6.0.6 amd64 onto my system. I’ve got an Asus P8B75-V motherboard with UEFI bios. When I boot from the CD I get the same “No common CD-ROM drive was detected”. When I install the debian installer to a USB stick, it doesn’t see any hard drives…just the USB stick.
This is my first time installing on a UEFI system, and I’m guessing it has something do with that, but after 4 hours of trying to figure this out I’m coming up with nothing.
I gave up and installed ubuntu 12.04. After adding a separate video card (ubuntu wasn’t too happy with the Intel chip embedded video), it installed just fine albeit with a few minor annoyances which cleared up
Actually, I just found the solution. In the UEFI bios setup, go into the Advanced Mode, then go to the Advanced , and then go into SATA Configuration. Change the SATA Mode from IDE to ACHI.
Once I did that, the debian installer found all the drives fine. I then quit out (without installing) and tried to boot my existing drive from the old system (which was what I was originally after…when that didn’t work, I just wanted to see if I could get a fresh install to boot). To my delight, my existing drive booted perfectly with no changes required.