Thanks for responding so quickly, but I'm pretty sure that /dev/hda is the cdrom because I have only one SCSI harddrive. Besides, it won't let me use any of the others because it can't find the drive, then. :)
----------------------------------------------------- Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blasphemous rumours, but... ----------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > I just installed Debian 2.0 last night and my CD rom is on /dev/hdc. > Usually the /dev/hda is your hard drive. You may know more about Linux than > I do, because I am entirely new to it. I only knew that I had problems with > that also, until I mounted the cdrom drive first. > > Bret Craw > Maintenance Renewal > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Amanda Shuler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 2:56 PM > > To: Debian User List > > Subject: Installation error.... AGAIN... *sheesh* > > > > I'm trying to install Debian 2.0. > > I am at the point where it says to "Install operating system kernel and > > modules." > > It asks you what medium will be used to install the system. I choose > > cd-rom on /dev/hda. It is just a normal Atapi drive. > > It asks for the directory where the Debian archive resides. > > I say "/debian" > > then it gives you the option to choose the file resc1440.bin from a "list > > of all Archive paths" > > I choose that option and it searches the paths for this file and gives me > > two to choose from. I choose the most recent. > > At that point, it craps out and returns to the beginning of the install > > program really fast. I can only just make out it saying "operation not > > supported" before it dies. > > Any ideas why this is happening? > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blasphemous rumours, but... > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null >