Re: etch installation probs (CD?)
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 07:41 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote:
> On Mon July 30 2007 07:10, michael wrote:
> > Folks, I've a new machine with a "writemaster" CDROM drive. When trying
> > to install Debian 4.0 from iso image burnt to CD, it initially
> > recognises the CD and starts the installation but fails at the screen
> > where the CD drive is to be recognised (for continuing the
> > installation). I've tried various module/device combos but all to no
> > avail. I've looked about on Google but not come up with a working
> > solution.
> >
> > Has anybody else successfully uses this CDROM drive to install Debian,
> > or have suggestions on how I can determine a working module/device
> > combo. Please let me know if you need any further information.
>
> I've installed etch amd64 and i386 successfully many times. I'm not sure what
> the problem is but you might be able to use the daily install from testing to
> get going. You can get the it from here..
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/
>
> If you get the businesscard iso and boot it in expert mode it will prompt you
> if you want to install stable, testing or unstable. I would try to install
> stable and if your successful run "apt-cdrom add" for your cd or dvd images
> after you boot and install whatever else you want.
>
> That image contains nothing but the installer, you need to have an active
> network connection to install with it.
I've just tried the 'debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso' (build 30 July
2007) but it also fails on recognising the CD and network...
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