RE: Installation error.... AGAIN... *sheesh* (fwd)
Thanks for responding so quickly, but I'm pretty sure that /dev/hda is the
cdrom because I have only one SCSI harddrive.
Besides, it won't let me use any of the others because it can't find the
drive, then. :)
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Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any
shuleram@acm.msu.edu | blasphemous rumours, but...
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote:
> I just installed Debian 2.0 last night and my CD rom is on /dev/hdc.
> Usually the /dev/hda is your hard drive. You may know more about Linux than
> I do, because I am entirely new to it. I only knew that I had problems with
> that also, until I mounted the cdrom drive first.
>
> Bret Craw
> Maintenance Renewal
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amanda Shuler [SMTP:shuleram@acm.cse.msu.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 2:56 PM
> > To: Debian User List
> > Subject: Installation error.... AGAIN... *sheesh*
> >
> > I'm trying to install Debian 2.0.
> > I am at the point where it says to "Install operating system kernel and
> > modules."
> > It asks you what medium will be used to install the system. I choose
> > cd-rom on /dev/hda. It is just a normal Atapi drive.
> > It asks for the directory where the Debian archive resides.
> > I say "/debian"
> > then it gives you the option to choose the file resc1440.bin from a "list
> > of all Archive paths"
> > I choose that option and it searches the paths for this file and gives me
> > two to choose from. I choose the most recent.
> > At that point, it craps out and returns to the beginning of the install
> > program really fast. I can only just make out it saying "operation not
> > supported" before it dies.
> > Any ideas why this is happening?
> >
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> > Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any
> > shuleram@acm.msu.edu | blasphemous rumours, but...
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> >
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