Did you install the parallel port drivers in the kernel? I think the option is under block devices. Depending on your drive, you may need SCSI emulation and SCSI support enabled. I have an external HP7200e CD-Writer that connects to a parallel port and it works great.
The devices for the parallel port cdrom would be called /dev/pcd[0,1,2,3...] If they don't exist, there is a script in one of the kernel document files (paride? parport?) that'll create them correctly. Good Luck, -Paul -----Original Message----- From: Todd Last [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 11:32 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Parallel-port CD-ROM install trouble I'm trying to install Debian on my laptop with a Microsolutions 164700 model CD Rom. This CD attaches to the laptop via the parallel port. When I get to the part of the install that tries to load the kernel to the hard disk, it can't find the CD-ROM I understand that I may have to add a driver for the CD-ROM, based on info I found at : http:\\www.tourque.net However, I don't know where to find the driver, or how to load it during the install process. Can anyone offer some help in terms of a step by step? Heck, I even tried looking in the manual - to no avail. Thanks -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
