Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD
On Wed, 10 January 2001, fam van Marrewijk wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:24 AM Subject: Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was compatible but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). i think you most setup in your bios boot from cd -Brad That's one way of doing it, but my computer has an old BIOS that does not support booting from the CD-ROM. ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
RE: Unable to Install Debian From CD
On Tue, 09 January 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: sg.au, I have been trying to install Debina official distribution for the past 2 to 3 days - version 2.2.17 There is no problem with my CD in that installation takes right off when you boot with the first CD in the drive. I CANNOT get Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk choice from the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu to work. If I try to boot as is, (CD removed it hangs with LI showing on the screen. If anyone knows of a Debain distribution that installs/works I would greatly appreciate that information. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:24 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was compatible but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). -Brad After a failed installation attempt, my system would freeze with LI on the screen when it boots from the HDD. I started over by repartitioning the HDD then restarting the installation. That fixed it. ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
RE: Unable to Install Debian From CD
sg.au, I have been trying to install Debina official distribution for the past 2 to 3 days - version 2.2.17 There is no problem with my CD in that installation takes right off when you boot with the first CD in the drive. I CANNOT get Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk choice from the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu to work. If I try to boot as is, (CD removed it hangs with LI showing on the screen. If anyone knows of a Debain distribution that installs/works I would greatly appreciate that information. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:24 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was compatible but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). -Brad ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Unable to Install Debian From CD
Your problem is likely that you kernel resides on disk above the 1024th cylinder and your bios cant handle that. You might try creating a small partition 10-15 megs is more than plenty, and make sure this is the first partition on your disk and select this partition to be /boot. this will insure that your kernel will reside on an area of disk that your bios can handle booting from. -casey On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: sg.au, I have been trying to install Debina official distribution for the past 2 to 3 days - version 2.2.17 There is no problem with my CD in that installation takes right off when you boot with the first CD in the drive. I CANNOT get Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk choice from the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu to work. If I try to boot as is, (CD removed it hangs with LI showing on the screen. If anyone knows of a Debain distribution that installs/works I would greatly appreciate that information. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:24 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was compatible but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). -Brad ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD
On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was compatible but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). -Brad ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD
Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD
Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 Thanks, Brad. On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, Greetz, Sebastiaan On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it says CDROM mount failed. When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) floppy install from a pile of floppy disks * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
