Re: No CD-rom at boot
> Hello
> I have installed the 5 debian disks and I wish to continue the
> installation from the CD-Rom but the kernel doesn't see the CD-rom;
> It's on a Dell optiplex GL 575 with an IDE CDrom;
> the Cd rom doesn't appear in the boot message;
> could someone help me please,
> what should be the device name of the CDrom (I have one IDE hard disk /dev/hda)
Check out the CDROM-HOWTO file in /usr/doc/HOWTO. The 1.2.13 kernel wouldn't
use my cd-rom correctly (it would find the ide cd-rom, but not be able to
mount any cd's, nor play audio cds correctly). I eventually upgraded to
1.3.30, which correctly used my cd-rom.
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- John Larkin
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