I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've 
done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it 
reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up 
partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says 
CDROM mount failed.

When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But 
when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods:

   nfs     install from an NFS server (not yet mounted)
   floppy  install from a pile of floppy disks
 * apt     APT acquisition (file,http,ftp)

I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point 
where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know 
how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you.

NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I 
am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is 
slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller.


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