Re: dselect with a CD-ROM
In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.95.961015094307.3905C-100000@dwarf.polaris.net>,
Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Shane McLochlainn wrote:
>
>> When attempting to install from the CD-ROM it says "Insert the CD-ROM
>> and enter block device
>> name []:"
>> AFAIK it's /dev/cdrom ( a bog-standard ide/adapti that worked under
>> slackware)It doesn't seem to recognise /dev/cdrom and i tried mounting
>Well, the most obvious thing is you are using the wrong device. There is a
>hint in your posting that you are using an ide adapti CD. If this is the
>case (and not scsi) you will need the support built into the kernel, so
>you will probably need to use one of the special kernels (look at the
I though IDE-cdrom were in the standard kernel, but the bootdisk should give
you more information on cdrom-support.
>also need iso9660 support (but I think it is standard). Then try:
>
>mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdAN /cdrom
>
>Where A = a,b,c, or d and N = 0, 1, 2 etc
Almost correct: CD's (unlike harddisks, but like floppies) have no partitions.
The device /dev/cdrom does not exist normally: it is just a symlink most of
us use so we can forget about the normal devicename. The devicename the
installation-program wants from you is:
/dev/hda - if your CD-ROM is the master device on the first controller (highly unlikely)
/dev/hdb - if your CD-ROM is the slave device on the first controller (quite likely)
/dev/hdc - if your CD-ROM is the master device on the second controller (also likely)
/dev/hdd - if your CD-ROM is the slave device on the second controller (also possible)
If you look at the startup-screen when booting linux it probably said where it detected
the CD-ROM drive. (to view the startup-messages later you can switch to the second console
with Alt-F2 and give the command `dmesg').
Hope this helps,
Wichert.
--
==============================================================================
This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman.
E-Mail: wakkerma@wi.LeidenUniv.nl
WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wakkerma/
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com
Reply to: