On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, David R. Bernhardt wrote:
> This is a follow-up to my original question and how it was resolved.
>
> Another interesting item that threw me off was when I logged in and asked
> for "ls", I just got a couple of files! I found out that I need to do a "cd
> /" to get the expected listing of files/directories. I still need to
> configure X, but at least the basic O/S seems to be up and running.
Your home directory (assuming you logged in as root) is /root, not /, so
when you log in, you are in /root
> 0x350 is the I/O address for the driver card and I used 0 for the "clone"
> version. I don't know all the ins and outs yet, but at least I can get
> Linux to see the contents of a CD now. I find I have to have a CD in the
> CD-ROM when starting Linux and I cannot get the CD to come out while the O/S
> is up, but at least the system is reading the CD's now. Progress.
you can mount and unmount the cdrom by doing :
mount /cdrom
umount /cdrom
(at least if I remember the default slackware96 setup correctly)
While the cdrom is mounted, the drive door is locked.
Frank
> So I am up and running now and this tale may be added to the collective memory
> ;-)
> Dave Bernhardt
> Boring, OR
>
>
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