On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Stuart wrote: > I'm a Linux newbie and could use some help. > > I'm installing Debian 2.0 on a 486 with Phoenix Bios and have a much newer > newmax 32X CDROM. > > So far, we have the Kernel installed and have a prompt. We installed by > making a floppy image of resc1440 from the CD and were able to use the CDROM > to install the "base" files. > > Running dselect to install app packages from CDROM queries "enter block > device name []: " > > We can't figure out which device name to use. Also, mount doesn't show > the cdrom (as being mounted). Can't determine which mount arguments work > with our cdrom.
This is [probably] an ATAPI IDE device. Assuming your hard drive is the first device on the primary IDE controller (/dev/hda), if the CDROM is the slave device on the primary controller it is /dev/hdb. The master device on the secondary controller is /dev/hdc, while the slave device on the secondary controller is /dev/hdd. > > I also don't get how we were able to use the CDROM during install in the > first place... The rescue disk is set up to recognize it and load the correct module. Dselect needs to know how to address it. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
