RE: debian install
On 25 Apr 2001, at 23:59, Artem Litvinovich wrote:
> The mount error message on the console says something about "invalid
> arguement" when trying to mount /dev/cdrom /instmnt -o ro.
>
> I assume the CD is good if it boots and lets me create/initialize partitians
> and the mount the root. Am I wrong?
>
> //Artem
When I recently reinstalled (I used hard drive) I could not get
automount to see the partition where my files where located.
I shut down and went right into the install again and automount
suddenly could not only see the partition, but went right to the
files I had been trying to get it to use. Go figure. HTH Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DvB [mailto:dvanbalen@jam.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 11:31 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: debian install
>
>
> Artem Litvinovich wrote:
>
> >On installing debian...
> >
> >Since I cant get easy access to any floppies, I burned an image of a debian
> >2.2r2 cd (only the fist cd, for now). I booted from the CD and created the
> >necessary partitians. Mounted root on one of them. Here I run into a
> >problem...
> >The next step is to install the kernel, I select "install from CD" and
> after
> >being prompted to insert the DEBIAN CD, a message pops up that says "could
> >not mount the CD" or something to that effect. What to do? Any way I can
> >avoid floppies?
> >
> >Thanks, in advance, for your help.
> >//Artem
> >
> >
> Sounds to me like you burned the wrong CD... I could be wrong though.
>
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