I'm trying to build a LuMiX box; the distribution comes as a big tar file on a CD. I've got Tom's Root Boot on a floppy, and I've used it to hose the NT partition that was already on the HD, and I've already created my Linux partitions and my swap partition. I now want to copy the tar file from the cdrom to /dev/hda1.
Unfortunately I can't seem to figure out how to get to the cdrom drive. I imagine that when I booted the computer, it detected the cdrom drive somehow, but dmesg reveals nothing about it. I've tried to mount /dev/hdc through /dev/hde to /cdrom, but I've had no luck. The message I receive is: # mount -a mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/hdc as a block device (maybe 'insmod driver'?) The relevant entry in /etc/fstab looks like this: /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 1 1 What am I missing? I've never done an installation like this; these newfangled distributions like FC3 and even Debian make everything too easy. -- Richard S. Crawford (mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com "You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus." -Mark Twain _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
