Re: Missing cd-rom chokes off the install process
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jo Hoffmann wrote:
Thanks a lot for the info Jo. It's certainly great to hear from you. In as
much as this is my first foray into the Linux territory it gives me a
great feeling to know that there are so many helpful people on board.
Thanks again
Hughie
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> > ÿMessage--- Missing cd-rom chokes off the install process
> >
> > Hi: name here is Hughie. Hope you can help me, if you will.
> >
> > I'm very new to Linux so have very little knowledge of choosing and
> > organizing commands.
> >
> > I know that """ w """ wipes out Dos 6 and Windows 3.1, when you are in the
> > process of trying to create partitions using the cd-rom fdisk :-)
> >
> > The current Boot floppy information is:
> > (Linux 2.2.12 (from kernel-image- 2.2.12_2.2.12-1)
> >
> > Pressing enter at the boot: activates
> > loading root.bin
> > loading Linux
> > uncompressing linux
> >
> > The diagnostic seems to be o.k except for
> > EATA PIO No Bios32 extension present makes itself known
> >
> > My question - is "Bios32 extension really needed at this stage of the
> > game? My two hd's are 300 mgb's and 400 mgbs which ( maybe ) by
> > themselves are large enough to load the basic system ????
> >
> > The install continues and installs the "color" and "qwerty" and continues
> > with the "install kernel and modules" and asks where the rescue floppies
> > will be presented? (which turns out to be "/dev/fd0")
> >
> > The install then asks for the driver floppy to be placed in the first drive.
> >
> > I don't have the driver information on a separate disk or elsewhere.
> >
> > Is it possible that the needed driver information is within the loaded
> > Linux program and could be "tweaked" to get the cd-rom information that it
> > seems to be searching for?
> >
>
> Don't think so. Unless you create your own rescue disk with the corresponding
> drivers. But it's easy to get the drivers disk (see below).
>
> > Otherwisw is there a source to get the cd-rom information via a drivers
> > source (Linux based) on the net. I have a disk (for Mashita CR-562) that
> > used to work when I had Dos and Windows 3.1 but it won't be accepted by
> > Linux
> >
> > As another alternative is there a source for boot floppies that would
> > better fit my present installation program.
> >
> > My cd-rom is a Matshita CR-562 which is recognized by Debian in general
> > but seems to be not recognized by the boot floppy that was created from my
> > Debian 2.1 cd-rom (The boot floppy disk (one only) was made by another
> > person on another machine using windows.)
>
> You can create the driver disk as well from the 2.1 cd-rom. Look in the same
> directory, where you found the rescue file, for a driver* file. Copy that
> file exactly in the same way as for your rescue floppy onto a separate floppy.
> Now I can't tell you whether this drive is supported or not Matshita CR-562.
> If it is you'll find it during the install (after you loaded the drivers disk
> onto your computer). The install program will ask you for any additional
> drivers to load. In there you select cd-rom drivers and select the one you
> think is the correct one. After that your cd-rom might work and you can
> continue the install from cd.
>
> Jo
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>
> > Any help anyone can give me will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards and thanks for reading this far.
> >
> > hughie
> > bq929@torfree.net
> >
> > ...........
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