Re: Linux installation help
>> >On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Cyril Heck wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have an old CD of debian 1.3 and am trying to install packages from
>> there.
>> >> I just installed debian 2.1 after being downloaded from the internet.
>> >> This was my first install but everything seemed allright.
>> >>
>> >> The problem is it seems the system (linux) doesn't recognize my CD
drive,
>> I
>> >> think because it is a Sony DVD drive.
>> >> Can I copy the files from the cd to my harddisk and install everything
>> from
>> >> there ???
>> >>
>> >> Thanx in advance,
>> >>
>> >> Cyril Heck
>> >>
>
>I *think* that by the time you get to where it asks for files, the
>installation routine has already mounted the hard drive, so you should
>only enter "/linux", not "/dev/hda1/linux".
>
Doesn' work either:-(((
When I type "mount" in a shell, I just get to see my two linux partitions (/
and swap).
And when I try to mount the harddisk in dselect, it says that fat32 is
unknown to the kernel...
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