No, I did not try that. I'm a newbie to this. To do this, do I need to install from floppies?
Paul Miller wrote: > 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
