Re: new user needs help
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Brian D Kellogg wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have the following problems after installing Debian.
>
> 1. I can't mount the cdrom.
> i get this error--can't find /dev/hdc in /etc/mtab or /etc/fstab.
> It's a standard Atapi cdrom.
How are you trying to mount it? It sounds like you're typing
mount /cdrom (or something similar), which won't work unless you have
information in /etc/fstab telling mount what the filesystem is, etc.
try
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt
where /mnt is an empty directory. I use /cdrom
if that works, put a line like
#<file system> <mount point> <type>
/dev/hdb /cdrom iso9660 ;ATAPI (IDE)
CDROM
in your /fstab. (I copied this out of a post about setting up partitions,
and I think there's a column missing. do a man fstab to see what you need.
then you should be able to mount /cdrom without problems.
I forget what /etc/mtab is exactly.
> 3. I can't start x
> i get this error--x: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed
> I have a notebook computer. I know X will work on it because I used to
> have SUSE linux on it.
Have you run xf86config or XF86Setup? It sounds like you're X server
hasn't been configured.
Andrew Tarr
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