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.
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>
> Greets,
> Stefan
>
>
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