In /var/log/syslog I see: cdrom-detect: Searching for Debian installation media... cdrom-detect: CDROM-mount succeeded: device=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 cdrom-detect: Detected CD 'Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20041121)'
but nothing about detecting the distribution... > -----Original Message----- > From: Frans Pop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 3:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Will Lentz > Subject: Re: (fwd) RE: ide troubles > > > ----- Forwarded message from Will Lentz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > > > Of course, now I get an error message saying: > > "Failed to copy file from CDROM, Retry?" > > and Alt-F4 shows: > > grep: > > /cdrom/dists//Release > > > > : No such file or directory > > This means that cdrom-detect ("Detect and mount CD-ROM" in > the menu) did > not run correctly. > > If it does run correctly, you should have a line like: > cdrom-detect: Detected CD with '$suite' distribution > (with $suite being testing) in /var/log/syslog. > > Suggest you check what happens at that stage of the installation. > >
