“A required CD/DVD drive device is missing"

So I have this problem that it would appear heaps of others have:

I have a Kogan Agora pro:
Kogan Agora Netbook PRO - Kogan Technologies Pty Ltd

It does have a sata hdd. I looked through the BIOS but couldn't find any places to change the sata settings to AHCI or raid.

I am trying to install from a usb key (using an ISO I created from an install dvd) but had the same problem with a downloaded iso. Also tried to install using the default language settings (As identified by David76 in another thread) but no luck.

I think it relates to the SATA HDD. I put the drivers for the netbook onto a seperate usb drive which it finds and lists in the box but none of the drivers do anything (hit next it thinks about things for a while then says no new drivers found).

I am really starting to get a bit ticked and regretting my move away from linux. If it wasn't for a few particular programs I use that don't work on linux i would have given up ages ago.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Cheers,

J

Hi

Where did you get the WINDOWS DRIVERS from?

Yeah i've been through all of them as I said in my post.

- Can't find the bios setting to change to AHCI
- Am already trying to install via usb key
- Tried using the drivers using the browse button on the screen but they are saying no new drivers found.

Keep in mind I am installing fresh over top of Linux so can't just run the setup.

If i've missed something in thos posts I apologise but they all seem to say the same things.


EDIT: I gotthe windows drivers from the support site at Kogan. It's a comprehensive vista file for all the hardware on the system.

QUick pic of the only options available in BIOS>

Hi

You may find this a good read:

Kogan Netbook Pro (Review) 10inch LCD 2gb RAM Atom N270 CPU 6 Cell Battery ? Rambling Thoughts

Is that the only page it has in the bios? Or one before it?


IDE/ACHI mode should be located at something like:

Integrated Periphials

inside there: SATA Mode

Each board is different depend on bios.

This bios I think is a cut down version. Other than that screen it's really only boot order and a security tab.

Hi

Can you post a link to your Windows Drivers?