Parallels Forums
> Archives > Parallels Desktop for Mac  
Optical drive not recognized by some Linux 2.6.20 kernels  
  

Optical drive not recognized by some Linux 2.6.20 kernels

Apr 21, 2007, 02:22 AM
#1  

Paul Annesley
Junior Member


Join: Apr 2007
Posts: 11
I'm guessing Parallels has slightly different CD-ROM emulation to suit different OS types. Though I would have thought just a standard emulation would work across all of them...

I'm mainly posting to say that switching to Solaris (Other Solaris) gets me past the CD-ROM detection error. I first tried changing to Linux (Other) rather than Linux (2.6 Kernel), but that didn't help.

Thanks mmika.

Cheers,
Paul
Apr 21, 2007, 10:53 AM
#2  

oneway23
Junior Member


Join: Jan 2007
Posts: 11
Thanks mmika and Paul. I can certainly feel confident in giving feisty fawn a go now.
Apr 21, 2007, 10:13 PM
#3  

oneway23
Junior Member


Join: Jan 2007
Posts: 11
I attempted to install Feisty Fawn this evening on four separate occasions, to no avail. As per the instructions above, I created a VM based upon both a Solaris 10 and a Solaris other installation using Parallels build 3188. Initially, I elected to create a custom install using 1 GB of RAM and a 6 GB partition. After booting from the live CD, I got the "Unable to locate RSDP" message that so many others have reported. Nevertheless, the install proceeded without a hitch and I was able to specify all my settings.

Upon reboot, I once again got the "ACPI: Unable to locate..." message (although it did eventually boot to the desktop). While on the desktop, I noticed the network error indicator in the top right corner of the screen, as well as a volume icon that appeared to show muted volume. When I clicked on the volume, I received a message that no sound card was configured. Once it was enabled via Parallels, I had no problem. Moving on to the networking issue, I confirmed that my ethernet connection was enabled via shared networking through Parallels. Unfortunately, I was still unable to gain internet access. Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong, but I attempted a Typical install as well and ran into the same issues. Perhaps when re-configuring the VM after install, I did not switch the VM to Linux Kernal 2.6 at the proper time? Does this have to be done before Ubuntu requests a re-boot after the initial install? Apologies for the long-winded post. Any help greatly appreciated.

Joe
Apr 24, 2007, 02:44 PM
#4  

tjkrz
Junior Member


Join: Apr 2007
Posts: 1
Quote:
Originally Posted by oneway23
I attempted to install Feisty Fawn this evening on four separate occasions, to no avail. As per the instructions above, I created a VM based upon both a Solaris 10 and a Solaris other installation using Parallels build 3188. Initially, I elected to create a custom install using 1 GB of RAM and a 6 GB partition. After booting from the live CD, I got the "Unable to locate RSDP" message that so many others have reported. Nevertheless, the install proceeded without a hitch and I was able to specify all my settings.

Upon reboot, I once again got the "ACPI: Unable to locate..." message (although it did eventually boot to the desktop). While on the desktop, I noticed the network error indicator in the top right corner of the screen, as well as a volume icon that appeared to show muted volume. When I clicked on the volume, I received a message that no sound card was configured. Once it was enabled via Parallels, I had no problem. Moving on to the networking issue, I confirmed that my ethernet connection was enabled via shared networking through Parallels. Unfortunately, I was still unable to gain internet access. Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong, but I attempted a Typical install as well and ran into the same issues. Perhaps when re-configuring the VM after install, I did not switch the VM to Linux Kernal 2.6 at the proper time? Does this have to be done before Ubuntu requests a re-boot after the initial install? Apologies for the long-winded post. Any help greatly appreciated.

Joe
I got it to work. After the install is complete, don't reboot. Select "continue using Live" (or whatever it says) and then manually shutdown Ubuntu. After it's done, stop the VM, and then change the settings to Linux 2.6 and start the VM. Hopefully that works for you.
Apr 25, 2007, 12:13 AM
#5  

PMinAU
Junior Member


Join: Oct 2006
Posts: 15
I failed to be able to install the cd at all. Errors as reported by others. So, I tried the dvd versions first in VMWare Fusion, of kubuntu and then of ubuntu. [I get free downloads from the mirror on my ISP server, so a 4gb d/l is ok :)] Both worked without a hitch. Then I tried the ubuntu DVD in Parallels. In a straight-out attempt, it failed. So I tried as Solaris, other solaris. This worked, in the sense that when it starts up it still reports that "Unable to locate RSDP" message, but if you ignore that it happily keeps booting [you may sometimes need to reboot]. Changed the name back to Ubuntu and I'm OK.

__________________
iMac 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.4.8,
Parallels Workstation for Mac with:
Win XP and Kubuntu 6.06, Mandriva 2007 Free and SUSE 10
Apr 25, 2007, 01:31 AM
#6  

johnwheez
Junior Member


Join: Apr 2007
Posts: 3
I got Fiesty Fawn Server to install on the Mac Book Pro by using Q , the OS X Gui for Qemu. It's slower that Parallels but, gets teh job done until Parallels has a work around.

The trick of using Solaris 10 as the guest OS doesn't seem to work for Fiesty Fawn Server.
Apr 26, 2007, 02:10 AM
#7  

Paul Annesley
Junior Member


Join: Apr 2007
Posts: 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by tjkrz
I got it to work. After the install is complete, don't reboot. Select "continue using Live" (or whatever it says) and then manually shutdown Ubuntu. After it's done, stop the VM, and then change the settings to Linux 2.6 and start the VM. Hopefully that works for you.
Unfortunately this is not an option when installing off the server ISO ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso
Apr 26, 2007, 02:52 PM
#8  

cassidyj
Junior Member


Join: Apr 2007
Posts: 2
Ubuntu Network Adaptor Issue
Quote:
Originally Posted by oneway23
I attempted to install Feisty Fawn this evening on four separate occasions, to no avail. As per the instructions above, I created a VM based upon both a Solaris 10 and a Solaris other installation using Parallels build 3188. Initially, I elected to create a custom install using 1 GB of RAM and a 6 GB partition. After booting from the live CD, I got the "Unable to locate RSDP" message that so many others have reported. Nevertheless, the install proceeded without a hitch and I was able to specify all my settings.

Upon reboot, I once again got the "ACPI: Unable to locate..." message (although it did eventually boot to the desktop). While on the desktop, I noticed the network error indicator in the top right corner of the screen, as well as a volume icon that appeared to show muted volume. When I clicked on the volume, I received a message that no sound card was configured. Once it was enabled via Parallels, I had no problem. Moving on to the networking issue, I confirmed that my ethernet connection was enabled via shared networking through Parallels. Unfortunately, I was still unable to gain internet access. Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong, but I attempted a Typical install as well and ran into the same issues. Perhaps when re-configuring the VM after install, I did not switch the VM to Linux Kernal 2.6 at the proper time? Does this have to be done before Ubuntu requests a re-boot after the initial install? Apologies for the long-winded post. Any help greatly appreciated.

Joe
I found this thread EXTREMELY helpful while I was installing Ubuntu 7.04 through Parallels on my MacBook. I had this same trouble that Joe was having. I fixed the sound card the same way and to fix the networking issue I went into the Parallels Network Adapter and changed it to "Default Adapter", bottom right of the OS window. Then I clicked the "Wired Network Connection" icon in Ubuntu and reselected "Wired Network" and when it refreshed the connection came up perfectly without a problem.

I could now run updates and get out to the internet.

Hope this helps and thanks to everyone in this thread that posted what they did to get Ubuntu up and running. :cool:
 


Thread tools Display modes
Hybrid Mode