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by netnut
Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:01 am
Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
Topic: How to disable optical drive
Replies: 3
Views: 8298

Re: How to disable optical drive

Thank you for the reply Rex. Just cross checked, the HDD is ahead of the optical drive in the bios settings. Looking around on the internet I found a post and have included this line in the linux boot parameters: libata.force=1.00:disable That also hasn't solved the problem. What else can I try doin...
by netnut
Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:41 pm
Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
Topic: How to disable optical drive
Replies: 3
Views: 8298

How to disable optical drive

Hello I have a fresh install of LXDE on my old laptop and for the last couple of days it can't boot up. Pulling out the optical drive seems to have solved the issue save the spoilt aesthetics. Now being a linux newbie I am still feeling my way around the new environ I dont know how to prevent LXDE f...