Re: cdrom problem installing etch
On (17/05/06 10:03), Daniele wrote:
> I am an old Debian user and I would like to update a little bit my Toshiba M40
> laptop. I am trying to install etch (now I have sarge) on the Toshiba.
> Unfortunately the etch installer is unable to mount the cdrom. It begins the
> installation without any problem until the detection and mounting of the
> cdrom drive. It complains that there is no driver for the cdrom.
> I have never had this kind of problem installing sarge! :-(
> As far as I know my DVD-RW drive should be a quite common EIDE device....
>
> Any suggestions?
There's no need to reinstall. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list changing
sarge to etch. Then do
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Regards
Clive
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