I am new to Linux, and I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux on a
Compaq Contura 400 with 20MB RAM, using a Backpack CD-ROM Model 164550.
I use a rescue.bin and a root.bin 1.44M diskette to start the
installation, and load the drivers using 4 floppies (driver1.bin,
driver2.bin etc.). Now, the problem is: I install the following
modules/drivers into the kernel:
parport
paride
bpck
pcd
When this is done, and using <Left Alt><F2> and lsmod, I find that when
these modules are loaded, the following modules are running:
Module Used by
pcd 0 (unused)
bpck 1
paride 1 [pcd bpck]
parport 0 [paride]
vfat 0 (unused)
ntfs 0 (unused)
af_packet 0 (unused)
unix 1
and in the "Select Installation Medium" I can now chose cdrom to
install the base system using the Backpack CD-ROM drive, using the
official Debian CD's. (NOTE: If I don't install these modules/drivers,
my system will not recognize my CD-drive.)
When I select cdrom, and go to the other console window and write the
command df, I get
Filesystem ********* Mounted on
/dev/root /
/dev/hda2 /target
/dev/fd0 /floppy
/dev/cdrom /instmnt
When I am finished with the base configurations and reboot the system,
continue with the configuration and get to Apt Configuration, I choose
cdrom as the method apt should use to access the Debian archive on
CD-ROM`s. But when I do that, I get the message that "This program was
unable to auto-detect a CD ROM drive ....Enter the device file to
use to access your CD ROM....."
Whatever I try to do from this point, it will not recognize the CD
drive any more. And if I go out of the Apt/dselect, I am unable to
mount the CD Drive.
I have tried to run the script mdk as suggested in the "Linux and
parallel port IDE devices" page at www.torque.net/parport/paride.html,
but when I do that, I get the message
`ash: /floppy/mdk: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `{
`ash: /floppy/mdk: lnie 5: `function mkdev {
(I copied the script from this webpage and pasted it directly into the
DOS editor EDIT and saved it as mkd without the extension .txt)
How can I get my system to recognize the CD drive?
Thanks for your help!
Sincerely, Joern T. Larsen
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