In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Shane McLochlainn wrote: > >> When attempting to install from the CD-ROM it says "Insert the CD-ROM >> and enter block device >> name []:" >> AFAIK it's /dev/cdrom ( a bog-standard ide/adapti that worked under >> slackware)It doesn't seem to recognise /dev/cdrom and i tried mounting
>Well, the most obvious thing is you are using the wrong device. There is a >hint in your posting that you are using an ide adapti CD. If this is the >case (and not scsi) you will need the support built into the kernel, so >you will probably need to use one of the special kernels (look at the I though IDE-cdrom were in the standard kernel, but the bootdisk should give you more information on cdrom-support. >also need iso9660 support (but I think it is standard). Then try: > >mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdAN /cdrom > >Where A = a,b,c, or d and N = 0, 1, 2 etc Almost correct: CD's (unlike harddisks, but like floppies) have no partitions. The device /dev/cdrom does not exist normally: it is just a symlink most of us use so we can forget about the normal devicename. The devicename the installation-program wants from you is: /dev/hda - if your CD-ROM is the master device on the first controller (highly unlikely) /dev/hdb - if your CD-ROM is the slave device on the first controller (quite likely) /dev/hdc - if your CD-ROM is the master device on the second controller (also likely) /dev/hdd - if your CD-ROM is the slave device on the second controller (also possible) If you look at the startup-screen when booting linux it probably said where it detected the CD-ROM drive. (to view the startup-messages later you can switch to the second console with Alt-F2 and give the command `dmesg'). Hope this helps, Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wakkerma/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
