Re: block device name (Easier installation questions?)
Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
> the following screen asked for the CD and
> the block device name. I have no idea what this means. The system
> recognized my CD during the reboot as hdd 655A ATAPI IDE. What do I
> have to type in as my block device name?
Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
> I believe this refers to the filename in /dev. For ATAPI IDE CDs, you
> might try /dev/hdc.
And since Patrick said it was recognised as hdd, he should try /dev/hdd
That this was posted would trigger a change in the Debian installation.
We need to be sure that we don't require too much Unix know-how to
initially install. I don't remember being asked this question when I
installed, but being a Linux user since 1992 or so, I would not have
noticed.
I do remember that the Debian 1.3 installation asked me a series of
questions about where to find `stable' and so forth. Having never
installed Debian before, I didn't really know what to answer. I was
also annoyed that it didn't bother to check the root directory of the
CD (which I had just pointed out to me), and then say something like:
I found the directory /stable on the CD.
Is this what I should use for stable packages? [Y/n]
Just my two cents.
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