When I attempted run my OS on my Eee netbook, I can’t get any further into the OS since I get this error:
Waiting for CD/DVD device(s) to appears…
Waiting for USB devices to settle…
Failed to detect CD/DVD or USB drive!
rebootException: error consoles at Alt-F3/F4
rebootException: reboot in 120 sec…
Now of course my Eee does not have a CD drive. So I have tried numroues methods. From replacing the initrd with initrud, to other methods… yet nothing works.
Is there a way to tell the kernel to skip checking for CD drives?
I too have an Eee PC. When you say you are “trying to run your OS” I assume you have already installed it or are booting off a USB stick?
Otherwise you would normally require a plug-in USB Cd Rom drive to boot the OS from a disc.
Maybe the computer is looking for a source of data it needs to complete the boot which isn’t present? Hence it cannot continue.
Or is this a new development in an otherwise previously functioning-correctly system?
Also, you can go into the BIOS on the initial boot splash screen (if it gets that far) and change the order of boot. I suggest putting the CD drive, if it appears in the list, last.
Finally it might be a hardware problem.
Sorry I cannot be more help. 
To clarify, I am booting via LiveCD on my USB flash drive. The kernel boots fine, but can not continue since it does not find a CD drive. This is because I DO NOT have a CD drive. I need a way to bypass it. The OS is not missing data, it is just finding all the attached components: Speakers, mouse, etc.
Anyone?
I know the workaround is probably simple. But I can not get my OS to run on netbooks. Without finding the CD drive, the OS will not allow it to boot up any further…
Find mouse… Check. Find keyboard… Check. Find CD drive… FAIL. :’(
All I want is for my OS to ignore the CD drive check. It does not need a CD drive to run! Ugh! 
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:46:01 +0000, Nick122 wrote:
> Anyone?
>
> I know the workaround is probably simple. But I can not get my OS to run
> on netbooks. Without finding the CD drive, the OS will not allow it to
> boot up any further…
>
> Find mouse… Check. Find keyboard… Check. Find CD drive… FAIL. :’(
>
> All I want is for my OS to ignore the CD drive check. It does not need a
> CD drive to run! Ugh!
Maybe try building in testdrive and modify the startup so it doesn’t try
to find the CD drive - what target is it that you’re building to (both
platform and LiveCD/ISO/Disk Image)?
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:16:01 +0000, Nick122 wrote:
> A LiveCD ISO.
That probably is a major contributing factor - if it is looking for a CD
drive and can’t find it once the driver loads, it’s essentially yanking
the rug out from underneath the OS.
Seems it would be better to look for why the CD drive isn’t being
recognized, or to use a different target (like a raw drive image).
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
I had this problem with openSuse 11.3 booting. I tried Unetbootin and also tried using initrtud (as a replacement of initrd since some users said this would work) but all in vein.
Finally, after spending couple of nights working on this problem, I got the solution and this is how simple it is:
- Replaced my USB HDD with USB FDD (for some reason, booting fails with USB HDD)
- Erased USB FDD (you can use Ubuntu Startup disk creator to Erase the disk if you wish)
- Use this command (after su/sudo): dd if=/<iso or .raw file location> of=/dev/sdX bs=8MB
NOTE: /dev/sdX where in sdX, X is where your USB is mapped (check this using ‘df -h’ command). If you see /dev/sdb (and /dev/sdb1 …), use /dev/sdb
4. Reboot your laptop/netbook (I used Samsung N148 netbook)
If this does not work for you, then let me know.
Regards,
Rajesh Gheware
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