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RE: REQUEST



Let me get this. You have gotten past the base install and are trying to
install packages. You then start dselect and try and select a install method
(harddrive, cdrom, NFS etc.) and it can't find your HD?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	m.nau [SMTP:m.nau@arcormail.de]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 17, 1999 3:59 PM
> To:	debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject:	REQUEST
> 
> Hello there!
> 
> After about 5 hours with Debian 2.0, trying to install it, 2 cans of
> coffe, about 10 broken pens and raw nerves, I decided to ask for help.
> My problem is:
> After starting dselect as / , it is asking for a "block device".
> But it does NOT accept any HD!!!
> PS:
> The installation took place at /dev/hdc2 (whitch is not accepted too...)
> After a wrong input at the dselect prompt, the system does not accept ^C
> to cancel, nor any other key!
> I tried it with 5 different attempts to reinstall and so on, but the only
> thing working is the raw system, nothing mounted.
> Please help, before I completely drive insane!!
> m.nau@arcormail.de


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