Re: Install Questions
Jaakko Niemi wrote:
> >> **** I tried to send this about 5 minutes ago and my system locked up...
> >> If it made it, sorry for the duplication ***
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello there,
> >>
> >> I just setup my linux system last night and finished the generic
> >> install. I have a few questions on things that didn't work as I
> >> expected. I hope this is the right place to ask.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ok, my system is a pent 166 w/32MB RAM and two hard drives I found
> >> laying around (1.6GB, 2.0GB).
> >>
> >> I created a root partition of 60MB,
> >> /usr of 1000MB
> >> /var 360MB
> >> /home 1915MB
> >>
> >> I hope this is about correct.
> >>
> >> Anyways, My two questions / problems are:
> >>
> >> #1 I was not able to install my CD drive. I have a Wearnes 8X CD drive
> >> (IDE connection and a cheap sound card.) I found one selection on the
> >> driver disk for "Wearnes" and some other drives, but it failed on
> >> installation. I did not type in any parameters because I didn't know
> >> what it wanted.
>
> You don't need any special drivers for IDE cd-roms. If you have the cd
> in the sound-cards ide-channel, it's propably more easy to move it to
> either primary or secondary channel. Then just point the installation to cd,
> just like hard disk .. /dev/hdc for master on secondary and so on...
>
> --j
Thanks for the tip. I ordered the CD a couple of weeks ago, but it has not
arrived yet. I went ahead and downloaded the stuff from the FTP sites. I have
noticed that the LED on the CD is on alot of the time. I'm not sure if this is a
problem.
Can I read non-linux CD's just to test its operation? If so, how would I go
about verifying the CD operation?
Thanks for your help!
Doug
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