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Re: Installing with new Installer-Image



On Sat, 16 Sep 2017, Stefan Niestegge wrote:

> > Which means you need a working CD-ROM. From looking at the Linux docs, 
> > my guess would be something like this:
> > 
> > # modprobe falconide
> > # mknod /dev/hda b 3 0
> > # mknod /dev/hdb b 3 64
> 
> i did these
> 
> > 
> > and probably,
> > 
> > # ln -s hdX /dev/cdrom
> 
> it won't hurt, so i did this, too
> 
> > ... for some X representing your CD-ROM, derived from kernel log 
> > messages.
> --> ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom , correct (i tried both)?

Either hdb or /dev/hdb should be fine here.

> > 
> > Then run the "Detect and mount CD" and "Load installer components from 
> > CD" steps. Hopefully, you'll then find that "mount /dev/sd..." works. 
> > (Untested.)
> > 
> 
> no, CDROM still not detected. The D-I hardware detection searches on the 
> SCSI-Zip drive, but the CDROM does not even spin up.
> 

What happens if you try this:

# mkdir /cdrom
# modprobe iso9660
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom

> I can upload pics of my screen output to google pics, if that is of any 
> help. Just let me know what you want to see.
> 

Thanks. If it is just a one-line error message, please type it into an 
email message.

-- 

> 
> Greets,
> Stefan
> 
> 


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