Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

2000-11-13 Thread H.C.Hsiang
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:18:25PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: [ snip ] > No doubt you are right, but how would a novice like myself have known this? > I am trying to follow the instructions carefully. In doing so I am refering > to: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-welcome.en.html

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

2000-04-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:18:25PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: [ snip ] > No doubt you are right, but how would a novice like myself have known this? > I am trying to follow the instructions carefully. In doing so I am refering > to: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-welcome.en.html

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

2000-04-27 Thread Ron Stordahl
Oliver said: Almost all modern CD-ROM drives are either IDE or SCSI, so you probably don't need special drivers. You will need to specify a device later: IDE channel 1 slave = /dev/hdb IDE channel 2 master = /dev/hdc IDE channel 2 slave = /dev/hdd SCSI CD-ROM (1st)= /dec/scd0

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

2000-04-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Ron Stordahl" wrote: >I am at this point: "Configure Device Driver Modules." The second item in >the menu is > >cdrom Device drivers for CD-ROM drives. Almost all modern CD-ROM drives are either IDE or SCSI, so you probably don't need special drivers. You will need to specify a device

Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...questions

2000-04-27 Thread Ron Stordahl
I am at this point: "Configure Device Driver Modules." The second item in the menu is cdrom Device drivers for CD-ROM drives. My CD -ROM drive is marked 'Acer', but this does not appear in the choices. The only choice which seems possible is: cdrom - Common routines for CD-ROM drivers.