Re: re-installation problem

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Jake Bishop wrote:

> Hello,
> I just upgraded my system from a i486 DX4100 to a pentium 120.
> I also changed my cdrom from a Panasonic 2X to a Toshiba ATAPI 4X.
> Now I am having trouble reinstalling Debian linux.What custom modual
> and/or command line parameters do I need to get the kernal to recognise
> my CDROM drive?

Hi Jake.  What is your HD and CDROM hardware configuration?  Usually,
your first IDE HD is /dev/hda1, etc.  Anyway, I needed to access an
IDE (ATAPI) CDROM on a 486 PC recently, and I had to get a kernel
with IDE CDROM support built in.  The CDROM was on a Soundblaster card,
and was recognized as /dev/hdd.  To find it, I had to use the bootline
parameter hdd=cdrom.  (I actually first tried hdc=cdrom, and the kernel
found the cdrom under hdd).  If you give the details of your hardware,
someone will be able to help you.  I'm going out of town for a few days,
so I probably won't be online again 'til Sunday.  Good Luck.

Syrus.

P.S. I used loadlin to boot the kernel image from a DOS partition.
This makes it easy to put in bootline parameters.  I actually built
the kernel I used on another PC.


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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.