Re: Problem with 2.2 installation, using Backpack CD-ROM (long)
#!/bin/bash
#
# mkd -- a script to create the device special files for the PARIDE
subsystem
#
function mkdev {
mknod $1 $2 $3 $4 ; chmod 0660 $1 ; chown root:disk $1
}
I say that little bugger is your problem if I had to guess
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 05/17/2001, 1:02:23 PM, Joern Larsen <joernl@yahoo.com> wrote regarding
Problem with 2.2 installation, using Backpack CD-ROM (long):
> I am new to Linux, and I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux on a
> Compaq Contura 400 with 20MB RAM, using a Backpack CD-ROM Model 164550.
> I use a rescue.bin and a root.bin 1.44M diskette to start the
> installation, and load the drivers using 4 floppies (driver1.bin,
> driver2.bin etc.). Now, the problem is: I install the following
> modules/drivers into the kernel:
> parport
> paride
> bpck
> pcd
> When this is done, and using <Left Alt><F2> and lsmod, I find that when
> these modules are loaded, the following modules are running:
> Module Used by
> pcd 0 (unused)
> bpck 1
> paride 1 [pcd bpck]
> parport 0 [paride]
> vfat 0 (unused)
> ntfs 0 (unused)
> af_packet 0 (unused)
> unix 1
> and in the "Select Installation Medium" I can now chose cdrom to
> install the base system using the Backpack CD-ROM drive, using the
> official Debian CD's. (NOTE: If I don't install these modules/drivers,
> my system will not recognize my CD-drive.)
> When I select cdrom, and go to the other console window and write the
> command df, I get
> Filesystem ********* Mounted on
> /dev/root /
> /dev/hda2 /target
> /dev/fd0 /floppy
> /dev/cdrom /instmnt
> When I am finished with the base configurations and reboot the system,
> continue with the configuration and get to Apt Configuration, I choose
> cdrom as the method apt should use to access the Debian archive on
> CD-ROM`s. But when I do that, I get the message that "This program was
> unable to auto-detect a CD ROM drive ....Enter the device file to
> use to access your CD ROM....."
> Whatever I try to do from this point, it will not recognize the CD
> drive any more. And if I go out of the Apt/dselect, I am unable to
> mount the CD Drive.
> I have tried to run the script mdk as suggested in the "Linux and
> parallel port IDE devices" page at www.torque.net/parport/paride.html,
> but when I do that, I get the message
> `ash: /floppy/mdk: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `{
> `ash: /floppy/mdk: lnie 5: `function mkdev {
> (I copied the script from this webpage and pasted it directly into the
> DOS editor EDIT and saved it as mkd without the extension .txt)
> How can I get my system to recognize the CD drive?
> Thanks for your help!
> Sincerely, Joern T. Larsen
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