Re: Install From Floppy and CD-ROM
Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 08:50:05PM -0400 wrote:
> I am using a CD-ROM which I have just bought and which is labeled Debian
> 2.2rev3 i386, which I believe is "potato". I created the boot disks using
yup, that's potato.
> I am prompted to configure the keyboard, then to set up a swap partition,
> then a linux partition.
> When I am prompted for the installation medium, I only get:
> /dev/fd0
> /dev/fd1
> harddisk
> mounted
It looks like for some reason the kernel didn't detect your cdrom. What
sort of cdrom is it? (ide?). Do you see any messages at boot related to a
cdrom (either watch the boot sequence or use 'dmseg' from a shell).
>
> Am I using the wrong floppies? Thanks, again, for your help.
It sounds to me like you are doing it right.
-David
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