On Monday 17 September 2001 09:37 pm, Shaul Karl wrote: It sounds like you need to recompile and add iso9660 support. That is the standard error. One quick way to check is to take out the media when booting. A simple recompile however should fix it.
Topp Dogg > > Hi > > > > Have installed potato(carefully,multiple times) using boot floppy images > > 2.2.23 from CDROM. On reboot, apt-get tries to access packages and gets > > error: "fs iso9660 not supported by kernel". Using mount has always > > given the same error. I tried using an older version installer (2.1) > > which explicitly refused to load the cdrom module. The CDROM is ATAPI, > > ASUS CD S400/A and should not need a special driver. The computer is AMD > > K5 -- Debian is hdc secondary master, CDROM is hdd secondary slave. > > CDROM works fine on Mandrake 8.0 which is on a different physical drive > > hda, dual boot using LILO. CDROM works on floppy or CDROM Debian boot > > media, just not from Debian on hdc. I tried to use ftp for access > > thinking to try to compile a different kernel but on the last two tries > > apt-get now cannot name resolve the Debian ftp site. I had gotten > > further with this Debian install and after some effort X-windows was > > working somewhat. I then tried to mess with kernel issues to get the > > CDROM working but I'm not winning. > > As I reread this, sounds like hdc maybe can't reach the CDROM. I'll > > check the hardware, but are there any other insights? > > For some reason the kernel does not seem to support iso9660 file format. > Could be some module matter. > Have you got an option to choose some other kernel for the installation? > > > Richard > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
