Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
> the following screen asked for the CD and > the block device name. I have no idea what this means. The system > recognized my CD during the reboot as hdd 655A ATAPI IDE. What do I > have to type in as my block device name? Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > I believe this refers to the filename in /dev. For ATAPI IDE CDs, you > might try /dev/hdc. And since Patrick said it was recognised as hdd, he should try /dev/hdd That this was posted would trigger a change in the Debian installation. We need to be sure that we don't require too much Unix know-how to initially install. I don't remember being asked this question when I installed, but being a Linux user since 1992 or so, I would not have noticed. I do remember that the Debian 1.3 installation asked me a series of questions about where to find `stable' and so forth. Having never installed Debian before, I didn't really know what to answer. I was also annoyed that it didn't bother to check the root directory of the CD (which I had just pointed out to me), and then say something like: I found the directory /stable on the CD. Is this what I should use for stable packages? [Y/n] Just my two cents. -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
