Re: Another install on an old 486
Hello there,
Have you checked where the /dev/cdrom sym link points to?
Do a 'cat /dev/modules' and see if the Sony cdu31a driver is loaded.
HTH JohnG
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Mike Rayle wrote:
> I am planning on getting a cable modem or DSL hooked up soon and am
> looking to setup a firewall (IP masq) for that connection.
>
> I am having trouble getting Debian to install on my old 486-33.
> I have a Sony cdu31a attached to an ISA SoundBlaster MultiCD sound card.
>
> I created a rescue floppy and could not get the installer to recognize
> the CD-ROM.
> So I created the Driver floppy and 8 base floppies necessary to install
> the base system.
>
> During the install, I told the program to include the cdu31a module on
> I/O port0x230.
>
> The installation continued I rebooted from the boot floppy and now I am
> trying to
> get the rest of the system off the CDROM. I am in dselect and trying to
> Assign (?)
> the location to find the packages. I select CDROM and is asks me to
> insert the
> CD in the drive and enter the block device name.
>
> What's the block device name?
>
> I tried /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdu31a, /dev/sonycd and none of these worked...
>
>
> Is there some other naming convention?
>
> I looked in /proc/modules and it reported that block device 15 was a
> cdu31a.
> This leads me to believe that the module was installed.
>
> I also cannot mount the CDROM... mount -t iso9660 -r ro /dev/cdrom
> /cdrom
> gives me an error message about /dev/cdrom.
>
> Is there something else I should try???
> (outside of getting an IDE expansion card and an IDE CDROM, that is)
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> .Mike.
>
>
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