Re: Problem solved (was: Silly Problem: Unable to access deb-files via CD-ROM)
Markus Fischer schrieb: On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 06:08:42PM +0200, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote : However I want to be able to use /dev/hdb as well, as it is a CD-writer. Do I have to install a specific module to make it work? Depends, what kind of manufactor, model, etc ? You know, without more details its a bit hard ;) Hallo Markus, I reedited /etc/fstab and made two separate symlinks for my two CD-drives: /dev/cdbrenner -- /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom -- /dev/hdc I now also have two separate mount points in my / -partition: /cdrom /cdbrenner according to my entries in 'fstab' /dev/hdb is working fine since then, though I just don't know what was wrong before: It's a mystery... My CD-writer is an ATAPI Mitsumi CR-4804 TE, but now it seems that there is no additional module required. By the way: This is the drive where I can read the one CD which is locked up in the regular drive (/dev/hdc), and - no big surprise - I also burned it in this drive. So I'd better remember to read the CDs in their appropriate drives, and this should keep me from getting into trouble. You see, this is not really a big problem for me. Lately I've just been testing it several times, when I had nothing better to do :) But then again it might become really annoying in special situations. Perhaps I will tell Jens Axboe about this as you suggested. Do you know his address? Best regards, Andreas.
Re: Problem solved (was: Silly Problem: Unable to access deb-files via CD-ROM)
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 06:08:42PM +0200, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote : However I want to be able to use /dev/hdb as well, as it is a CD-writer. Do I have to install a specific module to make it work? Depends, what kind of manufactor, model, etc ? You know, without more details its a bit hard ;) kind regards, Markus -- Markus Fischer, http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/ EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key: http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc PGP Fingerprint: D3B0 DD4F E12B F911 3CE1 C2B5 D674 B445 C227 2BD0
Problem solved (was: Silly Problem: Unable to access deb-files via CD-ROM)
Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: [...] I am attempting to install Debian from a set of official potato-CDs. Well, the installation process for the base system was rather painless up to the point when it asked me for configuring 'apt': Choose the method apt should use to access the Debian archive... [...] the installer complained, that it could not find the device (which is actually /dev/hdb in my case). After several attempts to edit /etc/fstab for /dev/hdb I realized that the system can't recognize /dev/hdb at all. It says: /dev/hdb is not a valid block device Fortunately I tried out my second CD-ROM drive (/dev/hdc) - and it worked just fine ... apt-cdrom add ... no complications ... simply fantastic! However I want to be able to use /dev/hdb as well, as it is a CD-writer. Do I have to install a specific module to make it work? Thanks for your attention, Andreas.
Silly Problem: Unable to access deb-files via CD-ROM
Dear debian-users, I am attempting to install Debian from a set of official potato-CDs. Well, the installation process for the base system was rather painless up to the point when it asked me for configuring 'apt': Choose the method apt should use to access the Debian archive... Of course I entered cdrom, but the installer complained, that it could not find the device (which is actually /dev/hdb in my case). I inserted every single CD with no success, so I finally cancelled apt-configuration. So far I have got Debian installed just with the most basic files from base2_2.tgz - and it _did_ come from CD-ROM. Up to now everything seems properly installed, but what about all the other packages? Could you please tell me how to configure apt correctly? Any kind of hint will be highly appreciated. Cheers, Andeas.
