On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:08:50PM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:07 +0200 > I mannaged to get the base system installed from floppies but now when I try > to install the packages from the CDROM I get this message: > > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > hdc : tray open > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00, sector 64 > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev 16:00 iso_blknum 16 block 32 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, > or too many mounted file systems > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > hdc : tray open or drive not ready > Unable to mount /dev/cdrom on /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt, type iso9660. > > This is all Greek to me, but it seems to recognize the CDROM at startup and > the busy light did flicker when I tried to install the packages.
That's greek to me, too. I think that's a hardware problem. Does your cd-drive work on windows? Or the CD you have is broken. -- Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.interface-business.de
