[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In a message dated Fri, 21 Sep 2001 9:22:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, David Kimdon ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It looks like for some reason the kernel didn't detect your cdrom. What > > sort of cdrom is it? (ide?).
> It is an IDE drive. Actually, saying it's IDE doesn't say much. Perhaps you mean its a standard ATAPI? Have you tried saying 'hdc=cdrom' (or whatever the device would be) as a boot argument? > I didn't see any evidence of the drive in the boot messages. I also > tried an old Red Hat boot disk and I *did* see a message about ide0, > which I presume is the CD-ROM drive. No, CD-ROM drives would come in as hd[abcdef] or whatever, unless I'm mistaken. > > 1. What should I try so that the kernel can detect my CD-ROM drive? Boot arg as mentioned above. > 2. Otherwise, can I install this old copy of Red Hat, then install > Debian (potato) in its place, and, if so, how? Not really suggested. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
