On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 09:14:01AM +0100, Nick Bailey wrote: > However, the last time I tried to install from a woody boot CDRom, I > couldn't. It wouldn't mount SCSI disks so you couldn't get anywhere > unless / was on an IDE device. Perhaps there is/was a way around > this, but I failed to find it.
Sections 5.2 and 4.2.2 of the Woody install manual, perhaps? Says that 'idepci' is the default kernel on CD #1 if you make no other choice, but it also contains 'vanilla', 'compact', and 'bf2.4' kernels. If you happened to try the idepci kernel on a SCSI-only machine, you'll *definitely* have problems like you described. I suppose the reason idepci is the default is that some machines would hang while certain SCSI drivers were loading. http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-cd http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-kernel-choice -- Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
