Re: Installation etc
On: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 23:02:45 Bruce Perens wrote
>Once you get up and running, you'll want to use the "cdwrite"
>program. I haven't packaged it because I don't have a CD-writer to test
>it on. Norman at ORA might be using it - I think he's norm@ora.com .
>With that and the "mkisofs" program, you have all the software necessary
>to write CDs. I think the "cruft" flag goes:
>
> mount -r -t iso9660 -o cruft /dev/scd0 /mnt
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still doesn't mount. Get the same - mount:wrong fs type or bad superblock
error message. Something that may be pertinant. During the last bootup I
noticed the message: Can't locate module eata. Since this is a scsi driver
module it might be pertinant to the problem. I located the object file in
/lib/modules/1.2.1/scsi/eata.o What do I do to either get it in the right
place or get the loader to recognize it?
>Not that I understand what this does or have ever used it. It's probably
>sensitive to your kernel version - try the 1.3 kernel series if you
>don't have luck with the 1.2 series.
I have gotten everything I have from
ftp.debian.org/debian/debian-0.93/binary the installation disks were
obtained from this site also. How do I tell what kernel version I am
running?...how do I obtain other kernel versions?...will the Linux how to
and the kernel hacker's guide help at all or am I going to need to learn a
completely new set of directories and configuration approach?
As an example of my current lost feeling. What has replaced gettydef for
modem configuration? I can't get either ppp or minicom to make proper use of
my modem.
The How To section is totally useless, as it describes paths and procedures
not found in this environment.
The last Linux I had installed (the machine was struck by lightning) was an
older version of Debian (version 3 I think) and asside from not running the
most up to date shared libraries I was impressed with it's stability and
compatibility. Many packages that Slackware and SLS could not build, built
right out of the box with Debian.
I don't yet have that cozey feeling with this version ( I assume I am
running rev 5 ) as I arrived at the machine this morning to find it locked
up tight with the hard disk light lit. On the other hand if I can iron the
bugs out of the CD stuff I will be getting closer to where I need to be.
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>Some of the CD drivers don't understand multisession CDs. I hope that's
>not the problem.
Well, the philips drive is a multisession drive. The cd that I can mount is
a multisession disk. The only problem arrizes from the fact that the driver
only looks at the first session. I assume that if I were to close the disk
(combining all session into one final header) that it would behave just like
a single session disk.
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> Bruce
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Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it. BTW someone else suggested
that some of my package installation problems could be solved by getting
dpkg-0.93.70 ... Any idea where I would find it? Why wouldn't the version in
the installation package be up to doing the installation?
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