potato_install
I`m tryieng to install the potato with a CDROM debian. But, when I`m going to install the Kernel and Modules, the dbootstrap does not take-me the option of install it with the CDROM, only: fd0, fd1, hard disk and mounted. Is it not recognizing my CDROM. Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). I`d have a idea: I can Download the Kernel and modules from internet to my Windows partition. Then, I choose the hard disk. Who does can help-me ?
Re: potato_install
Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote: I`m tryieng to install the potato with a CDROM debian. But, when I`m going to install the Kernel and Modules, the dbootstrap does not take-me the option of install it with the CDROM, only: fd0, fd1, hard disk and mounted. Is it not recognizing my CDROM. Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). -- When the rescue disk is loading, does the boot kernel find the cdrom? It should show up if the bios is finding it. If so then you should be able to mount the cdrom as /dev/hdc for this purpose (providing you only have 1 hard disk). -- We specialize in multi-processor computing systems! John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems
Re: potato_install
Antonio wrote: I`m tryieng to install the potato with a CDROM debian. But, when I`m going to install the Kernel and Modules, the dbootstrap does not take-me the option of install it with the CDROM, only: fd0, fd1, hard disk and mounted. Is it not recognizing my CDROM. Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). jfoster wrote: When the rescue disk is loading, does the boot kernel find the cdrom? It should show up if the bios is finding it. How can I know it ? Where do I see it ? If so then you should be able to mount the cdrom as /dev/hdc for this purpose (providing you only have 1 hard disk). How do I mount it ? Must I have to use the bash (Crtl+Alt+F2) and write mount /cdrom from it ? Or Have I to use other method ? (I have only one hard disk) I`m waiting. Thanks ! Tom
Re: potato_install
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, John Foster wrote: Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote: Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). -- When the rescue disk is loading, does the boot kernel find the cdrom? It should show up if the bios is finding it. If so then you should be able to mount the cdrom as /dev/hdc for this purpose (providing you only have 1 hard disk). What makes you think that a very old Creative (Panasonic) 2x CD-ROM is going to be IDE? Isn't /dev/sbpcd a better bet? I would try doing an lsmod, and checking to make sure that the sbpcd module is loaded. If not, try modprobe sbpcd. -- David Steinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: potato_install
--- John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote: Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). -- When the rescue disk is loading, does the boot kernel find the cdrom? It should show up if the bios is finding it. If so then you should be able to mount the cdrom as /dev/hdc for this purpose (providing you only have 1 hard disk). the old soundblaster cd roms were proprietary and ran off the sound card's controller. Because of this, it doesn't show up in the bios. see the CD ROM HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO.html and see the section 3.3 Proprietary CD-ROM Drives. the soundblaster should use the spbcd kernel driver. I believe the lilo boot parameter sbpcd=io-address,interface-type should work. see section 4.3 Creating Device Files and Setting Boot Time Parameters in the CD ROM HOWTO. hope this helps... xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Re: potato_install
on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:41:38PM -0200, Antonio A. Lobato ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Antonio wrote: I`m tryieng to install the potato with a CDROM debian. But, when I`m going to install the Kernel and Modules, the dbootstrap does not take-me the option of install it with the CDROM, only: fd0, fd1, hard disk and mounted. Is it not recognizing my CDROM. Detail: my CDROM reader is very old. It`s a Creative SB 2x (Panassonic). jfoster wrote: When the rescue disk is loading, does the boot kernel find the cdrom? It should show up if the bios is finding it. How can I know it ? Where do I see it ? $ dmesg | more ...should show up with context such as cdrom, panasonic, atapi, etc, early in the output. If so then you should be able to mount the cdrom as /dev/hdc for this purpose (providing you only have 1 hard disk). How do I mount it ? Must I have to use the bash (Crtl+Alt+F2) and write mount /cdrom from it ? Or Have I to use other method ? (I have only one hard disk) Once the CDROM is properly detected, the mounting/unmounting is handled within the installation process. Manually mounting/umounting the device is likely to fubar the process (nothing irreperable, the installer just expects to find the device in one state or the other and gets upset when it's not). Yes, you can switch to another virtual console and mount the device. Usually specifying filesystem type, device, and moutpoint: $ mount -t iso9660 /dev/device /cdrom -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgptoaoyaBTXw.pgp Description: PGP signature
