Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CDs today)
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote:
> Hi,
Hi again John.
I installed Debian 2.1 to my Thinkpad 560 using a Dlink ethernet adapter
on a T1 line. The pcmcia-cs package included in the base install
automagically detected the card and set it to eth0.
> No matter what I do, it won't see my CDROM during the install. It
> says "Oh, I see you have a /dev/cdrom", but it doesn't see the
> darn thing. I have the H45 QuickCD PCMCIA version. When I
> boot up from /hda5 the base system comes up, and the darn CD
> spins up for a couple seconds (?) and mentioned that "tray"
> error. I can't understand how it sees the CD. During the
> install, the PCMCIA config fails regarding an /sbin/cardmgr error.
/dev/cdrom is usually just a symbolic link. It sounds like a problem with
detection and configuration of the interface card. I suggest trying the
other drive with the SCSI card. Then, you'll need to look at the messages
from pcmcia-cs (either using 'dmesg' or 'cat /var/log/messages') to see if
the drive is identified and given a device address. I think the /dev/cdrom
link is probably a red herring.
As always, good luck.
Cheers. Syrus.
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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu> UCSD Physics Dept.
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