Loopback device

[Da-Breegster at BFDB]

Hi, I'm a first timer trying to install Woody 3.0 r2. Somebody else burnt 
the installation CDs for me. My hardware is rather old, its a used system 
originally made by Austin Computer Systems. The CD-ROM drive is old too. I 
booted up with the default options (I just pressed enter at the prompt) and 
proceeded with the installation. All was well until I reached the "Install 
device drivers" step. I chose to install from CD-ROM because it recommended 
that. I had CD-ROM 1 in the drive. It was on the "Installing drivers from 
/instmnt/dists/woody/long_path_name/drivers.tgz..." screen for a while, so I 
switched to virtual terminal 3 to see the log. The last two entries were:
loop: can't get info on device
dev/loop0: no such device or address
I switched to terminal 2, the shell. I used df to see if the disk was being 
written to. It wasn't. I rebooted and tried this several more times. Every 
time it failed.
I researched the loopback device and found out that it's used to mount the 
CD-ROM or something. I'm a first timer with Linux, so I'm not sure what to 
do. Maybe the loopback device wasn't being compiled or something? Should I 
try another CD set or use floppies to load the drivers? If so, where do I 
get the floppy images at?
Please give me advice on what to do. Thank you!
I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or over AIM. My screen name is 
DaBreegster. Thanks!

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