---------- > From: Daniel Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Albert Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: HELP: CD install of 1.3.1 with Panasonic 24x > Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 7:26 AM >
Many, many thanks to Daniel Martin and also to Hamish Moffat for helping me past the problem. Albert Hurd > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Albert Hurd wrote: > > > I am trying to install Debian 1.3.1 from CheapBytes disk on a new computer > > (and a newbie at Linux) which has a Matshita (Panasonic) CR-585 24x > > CDRom. At the point in the install where it tries to access the CDRom, it > > halts with the error message: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block > > device. > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I got the same error installing > 1.3.1 on a machine because I'd incorrectly specified where the CD drive > was; I thought it was /dev/hdb when it's really /dev/hdc. Try doing the > install again directly from CD and once you get past the step where you > specify your keyboard, hit ALT-F2 to get to a shell screen, and run the > command > dmesg | more > Then look through there for the bit where it detects your hard drive (this > will be the bit where it says "hda"), and see if it detects your CD drive, > and what device it thinks it is. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
