On Sat, 16 Sep 2017, Stefan Niestegge wrote: > > Which means you need a working CD-ROM. From looking at the Linux docs, > > my guess would be something like this: > > > > # modprobe falconide > > # mknod /dev/hda b 3 0 > > # mknod /dev/hdb b 3 64 > > i did these > > > > > and probably, > > > > # ln -s hdX /dev/cdrom > > it won't hurt, so i did this, too > > > ... for some X representing your CD-ROM, derived from kernel log > > messages. > --> ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom , correct (i tried both)?
Either hdb or /dev/hdb should be fine here. > > > > Then run the "Detect and mount CD" and "Load installer components from > > CD" steps. Hopefully, you'll then find that "mount /dev/sd..." works. > > (Untested.) > > > > no, CDROM still not detected. The D-I hardware detection searches on the > SCSI-Zip drive, but the CDROM does not even spin up. > What happens if you try this: # mkdir /cdrom # modprobe iso9660 # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom > I can upload pics of my screen output to google pics, if that is of any > help. Just let me know what you want to see. > Thanks. If it is just a one-line error message, please type it into an email message. -- > > Greets, > Stefan > >
