> > 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.
Here's what I usually do to find out the devicename: dmesg |grep hd It will print out all ide-drives. Jörg Schuler. -- X Jörg Schuler: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] X | pond.sub.org. PGP-Key on demand. | | Don't try: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~Jorg.Schuler. It's bad! | X * Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. * X
