Re: Problem with 2.2 installation, using Backpack CD-ROM (long)
Thanks Rod!
I did the following change to the script:
function mkdev
{
mknod $1 $2 $3 $4 ; chmod 0660 $1 ; chown root:disk $1
}
and
function pd
{
D=$( printf \\$( printf "x%03x" $[ $1 + 97 ] ) )
mkdev pd$D b 45 $[ $1 * 16 ]
for P in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
do mkdev pd$D$P b 45 $[ $1 * 16 + $P ]
done
}
and it worked! WOW!
Regarding your question about the rescue.bin /root.bin - I used the
images found at
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/
.
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Joern T. Larsen
--- Rod Young <development@combiz.net> wrote:
> #!/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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