> BOB'S MAIL wrote: > > I am a first time installer of Debian Linux 2.0 with Win 98 on the > computer. > > What to I enter when on the installation program so I can get Emacs, X > etc. when installing from the Binary i386 CD I read: > > Insert the CD Rom with the block device name: > > I enter: > > /dev/hda3, (have tried /dev/hda4 & /dev/hda5 with similar results) > > I get: > > Wrong FS type bad option and super block ON /dev/hda3 > > The preceding install went fine. I do have a rudimentary Linux system > with at least VI.... > > I have Win98 on partition 1 and data on extended partition 2. > Extended partition > 3 was adjusted during installation to 1,900 Mb Linux (native) and a > 190 Mb > swap pertition by the Linux install. > > How to I look at the Linux partitions and adjust/delete them to start > clean > again (if that is needed)? > > I am using a Pentium 2, 300 MHz, 64 Mb ram, 6.4 Gb HD and an IDE > CD-Rom on > the secondary (primary) IDE port. > > Again, What to I enter when on program installation I read: > > Insert the CD Rom with the block device name: > > TIA > > Bob Barth > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your CDROM device can not be /dev/hda - it is your HDD, and /dev/hda3, /dev/hda4, etc., are partitions on your disk. CDROM should be something like /dev/hdb(primary slave), /dev/hdc(secondary master) or /dev/hdd(secondary slave). -- Andrius Sabanas - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.taide.com
