On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:07:26PM -0400, Andy L. Krietemeyer wrote: > Hello: > > I have successfully installed and configured the base system of slink > (2.1r4) on a 486 machine with 24 meg. The install program recognized and > installed debian from the (Creative Labs) ATAPI CDROM. > > When I get to dselect to install packages, whether from a profile, selected > tasks, or individual packages, the program does recognize the CDROM. I have > tried to mount the CDROM, but the mount command does not work and reports > the device is not recognized. This continues to occur even after I have > manually added the CDROM to fstab (I don't know enough to know whether that > should help or not). Dselect also asks for identification of the "block > device [ ]". Nothing I type for an answer does anything except cause the > program to repeat the question and lock me in a loop I can't escape from. > > I have run dmesg and it reports my CDROM has been probed as "hdh". > Answering "hdh" or "/dev/cdrom" or "dev/hdh" does nothing to help. > Try /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd
John > Does anyone have any ideas of what I'm doing wrong or any suggestions to > help. > > Thanks and regards, > > Andy > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- ************************ Using Linux ************************