Re: Install issue
Dan Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> I ran through my first x86 install today, and had a wierd problem.
> After pounding my bios into properly detect both c and d drives, I
> started the install using loadlin planning to avoid floppies
> altogether. However, when the time came to select a partition to find
> the resc1440.bin for drivers, it failed to display hdc1. My partitions
> were this:
>
> hda1, a 1.2GB FAT32 drive
> hdc1, a 3.6GB partition on secondary master (5GB drive)
> hdc2, 1.3GB ext2
> hdc3, swap
>
> hda1 showed, and hdc1 was indeed not mounted but did not appear in the
> selection dialog box (after choosing media harddisk). I was able to
> mount it by hand in the other VC and continue, though.
>
> Any ideas?
>
Where or what is your /dev/hdb drive? Is your hdb drive your
cdrom? If so, it should be detected. I don't know if the
cdrom has been compiled as a module, if so they must be loaded from the
drivers
disk.
Hope this helps.
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