I'm no expert on this either but try these settings: /dev/hdn ->instead of n you select b, c or d Why so? go here: http://www.debian.de/releases/slink/i386/install and look in section 4.3
maybe this helps On 7 May 1999 16:38:36 +0200, Sudhir P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not >being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have >tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now). > >My present set up: >------------------ >I have an i586 system in which I have dos, linux (Redhat and Debian) >installed (after lot of goof-ups and struggles, being a novice that I >am). > >The partition details are as follows >/dev/hda1 - DOS >/dev/hda2 - Linux partition (I suppose, I am not very confortable with >this naming > convention, so please excuse me) >/dev/hda5 - RedHat Linux (kernel - 2.0.36) >/dev/hda6 - Swap space (common to both Redhat and Debian) >/dev/hda7 - Debian Linux (kernel - 2.0.36) > >The MBR contains the LILO. My lilo.conf in /dev/hda5 (Redhat) contains >details of the setup, and the details about Debian kernel (being present >in /dev/hda7, boot-label="debian"). I am assuming that this is where it >is taking information from when I type "debian" at my lilo prompt, the >kernel being loaded from /dev/hda7. > >Dos (Windows-95) and Redhat are fully operational. There is some problem >with debian however. > >I am not able to go beyond the base-kernel installation. I have >configured in the kernel to support cd-roms with the "common CD-ROMs" >option that is available for CD-ROM device drivers. > >There is a part of the installation where u have to give details about >the "access" medium (default being /dev/cdrom). When I accept this as my >default or even type in "/dev/cdrom", it is reported as an error. It >says that it is unable to find the device (even though installation is >going on from the device). > >If I go to another virtual-terminal and try: mount /dev/cdrom, >it gives an error message stating that there is no entry in the >/etc/fstab. If I make an entry in the same, and issue "mount >/dev/cdroom", an error message stating that the kernel doesn't support >this filesystem (iso9660) is issued. > >I am unable to go beyond this. No packages are being installed as I >haven't been able to specify /dev/cdrom as my source. > >I hope that I have explained the situation clearly enough. In case you >require more details, please mail me. > >Thanks in advance. > >Regards, >Sudhir.P >-- >When you hit rock bottom, there is no way, but, up. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
