Re: How to install cdrom (Samsung CDR-RW, SW-208; Debian Potato 2.3

2001-06-26 Thread Stephen Taylor
e the cmos; lastly I will reformat the hard drive. Thanks/st At 05:25 AM 6/27/01 +0800, you wrote: >On Monday 25 June 2001 23:40, Stephen Taylor wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestions; it still doesn't recognize the cd.. >> - if it reads a disk I'll try another console to catc

Re: cd-rom "medium not found", no modules load

2001-06-26 Thread Stephen Taylor
At 02:20 PM 6/26/01 +0200, you wrote: >On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:08:45AM -0400, Stephen Taylor wrote: >> Is 2.4.5 the latest version of the kernel or something else? Where can I >> download it? > >http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ > >> These don't work: &

Re: cd-rom "medium not found", no modules load

2001-06-26 Thread Stephen Taylor
At 09:40 AM 6/24/01 -0700, you wrote: >I believe its because you need to use "scsi" for your devices when trying to use >'any' cd-rw.. >to do that your kernel needs scsi-emulation in itwhich the newer 2.4.5 >pre-configured all set to go.. > >otherwise you'd need to do it yorselfif you can't

Re: How to install cdrom (Samsung CDR-RW, SW-208; Debian Potato 2.3

2001-06-25 Thread Stephen Taylor
Thanks for the suggestions; it still doesn't recognize the cd.. - if it reads a disk I'll try another console to catch the device - but it's apt-get and it may not stay mounted These don't work: - mount /dev/hdb - boot: linux ide-scsi=hdb And it could be a Master Boot Record. The win98 cd doesn't

cd-rom "medium not found", no modules load

2001-06-24 Thread Stephen Taylor
What modules / parameters do I need to install a cd-rom at io=0x1f0 and interrupt=14? It's a samsung cd-rw sw-208. Debian Potato started up first thing from the boot-disk, recognized one cd-rom, recognized the second, then said "there's nothing at /mnt/cdrom". Loading cd-rom modules at the address

How to install cdrom (Samsung CDR-RW, SW-208; Debian Potato 2.3

2001-06-19 Thread Stephen Taylor
How do I install the cd-rom modules to read from the cd? Currently 1) boot from cd, follow installation process 2) install modules fs: binfm_aout, smbfs, vfat; misc: generic_serial net: bsd_comp, dummy, ppp; 3) continue install to "Next: reboot"; reboot 4) Install continues, asks source o