Oh and the distribution of debian linux that I have came on a CD from Boot magazine. I have made and installed the base floppies (from the CD) as well as set the name and the root password. And i assume the CDROM is ok because when I installed the drivers the message read something to the effect of, if it didn't find and install the drive/drivers successfully then an error message would appear. I then got a message saying that the driver installation was successful.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tom Persons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 12:22 AM Subject: Re: kernel >If you're CD-ROM is working with the rescue floppy, then there shouldn't >be a hardware problem. Hmmm. I think that there is a way to get a >command prompt after booting to the rescue floppy. Alt-F2 or Alt-F1? Try >them, then see if you can use 'cd' (change directory) and 'ls' (list) to >figure out where you are and see if you can get to the CD. If you can, >you can use 'cp' to copy the .deb files onto your hard drive. Don't put >them in /tmp, because if you reboot with the boot floppy, /tmp will get >erased (it is only temporary, after all). > >Alternately, you can download packages to your Windows partition and >access them via linux. Typically, the DOS partition is mounted under >/dos. Have you installed the base system with a set of floppies? Has the >machine asked for a name and a root password? Where did you get the CD >and floppies, because I would think that anyone selling a Debian >Installation CD would put together a working product? > >Maybe someone else has some better advice . . . >I'm going to sleep, so good luck! > >Richard Hall >Network Services >University of Tennessee > >