Re: debian cannot find cdrom (version II)

[mi <Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de>]

Perhaps it helps to give us the complete /etc/fstab,
and the output of 'mount' (without options) at different stages,
t.i. when cdrom is recognized, and later, when not.

		 micha

Ben Southwood [Tuesday, 25. March 2003 21:44]:
>| I am attempting to install debian on my laptop (using woody stable &
>| bf2.4). I have included below all of the information I can think of that
>| may be relevant: I have booted the laptop using cdrom, initial kernel
>| compilaton of kernel runs smoothly, installing from cdrom. after initial
>| install of kernel, and first reboot my laptop can no longer find the
>| cdrom. this occurs just after debian asks if I wish to run Tasksel &
>| Deselect for install of additional packages. I select cdrom as my source
>| for packages and on next page debian returns the message that /dev/cdrom
>| cannot be found. I have checked fstab and settings appear correct, ie:
>| /dev/cdrom	/cdrom
>| I have checked links to /dev/cdrom and this appears to be correctly linked
>| to /dev/hdc. on boot /dev/hdc appears as my cdrom.
>| if I run lsmod no modules for the cdrom appear (in redhat it returns
>| modules cdrom and ide-cd) if I run modprobe cdrom, no module is found,
>| this also happens with modprobe ide-cd. I can install packages via
>| internet, however as I have only a dial up connection and low download
>| allocation this is not really an option. Both Redhat & Slackware have
>| installed without a problem, I really do wish to have debian on my system
>| though, as it appears to have the best form of updating available... This
>| is all the information I can think of to provide, if any more detail is
>| needed let me know what you need & I will attempt to provide it.
>|
>| Cheers,
>|
>| Ben.

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                          micha.