On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:14:27AM +0200, Ephrim Khong wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently trying to install Debian-Testing (sarge) on an older
> System; I downloaded the first CD-Image, burned it, booted it, all went
> fine.
>
> Then the system tries to load several kernel-modules from the CD, and
> fails to mount it (telling me that the drive might be empty, and if I
> want to retry or not). I switched to another console and tried a manual
> "mount", but it failed too (it gives up after several "Mounting as
> read-only" messages).
>
> When I try to install woody (3.0) all goes fine, while knoppix fails to
> boot ("unable to access boot-device" or sth.).
If you can install woody and have internet access, you could try doing a
base system install, configure network, set /etc/apt/sources.list to
point to testing and then dist-upgrade to sarge.
>
> So, what can I do? It seems to me that 2.4. doesn't provide the drivers
> required to mount my CD-Rom. I think it's an old SAMSUNG but I'm not
> sure. Is there another way, like copying all files from the CD to the
> HDD, to avoid CD-usage during installation?
>
> Thanks a Lot
> eph
>
>
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