In Syslog messages, the only errors which appear are the same "unable to mount rescue floppy"... I couldn't find anything else which looked relavant to this. (is there a way to scroll up through the stuff that's off the screen?)
When I switched to a shell console, I discovered that the CD is not actually mounted. I had to mkdir /cdrom, and use mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -r -t iso9660 to actually mount it. THen, trying to cp /dev/cdrom /dev/null (Why it's trying to mount that, I don't know.) Hmm. Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johannes Franken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: Re: Installation Problem with Potato > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 11:06:10AM -0500, Wayne Byarlay wrote: > > I am attempting to install Debian Linux Potato version via CD. [...] > > The cd spins up, but then it says, "Unable to mount the rescue floppy. [...] > > > Obviously, the CD can be read, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get > > this far. What could be my problem > > Don't be too sure about that. it could be a media error, just in middle of the > kernel.tgz . Can you spot any syslog messages? have a cat on /var/log/messages, > dmesg and switch to the debugging console (on alt-f4 iirc). > > It's easy to have the CD tested: switch to a shell console, cp /dev/cdrom > /dev/null and watch for error messages. (you might have to replace /dev/cdrom > with /dev/hdc etc., respectively) > > -- > Johannes Franken > > Professional unix/network development > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.jfranken.de/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
