Re: Newbie cd installation problems
Hi Paul:
I'm a newbie also and as I recall I used the rescue floppy to install
kernel
and modules. Could be all wet tho as I'm still trying to get x windows
up and trying to get a game to work. ( I dont think config liked my
answers for my card and unless
I missed my guess thats what I need for both the games and x, back to
hunting in the
man's) Dean
> Paul Walton wrote:
>
> I`ve been a Windows user up to now so please excuse my ignorance.
> I`m trying to install Debian 2.1 from the "Official" Binary- i386 CD.
> My computer, a 486 with 2 hard drives, a floppy and a CD drive
> wouldn`t boot CDs so I started the the installation from DOS, fine.
> Things went well until I got to the stage "Install Operating System
> Kernel and Modules"
> Seems whichever device I select for the CDROM returns the message "The
> CD-ROM was not mounted successfully"
> I`ve looked at the ttty3 terminal and hda and hdb give the message
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or
> too many mounted file systems"
> hdc and hdd give the message "mount: the kernel does not recognize
> /dev/cdrom as a block device (`maybe insmod driver`?)
> The SCSI option just brings up the "No SCSI Adapter" screen.
> All other options give the message "mount: special device /dev/cdrom
> does not exist"
>
> To make matters worse this is a spare PC bought cheaply so I have no
> real idea of any of the hardware specifications, and no Windows OS to
> check them on.
> I really would like to escape from Microsoft so any help would be much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Paul Walton
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