Hi Paul: I'm a newbie also and as I recall I used the rescue floppy to install kernel and modules. Could be all wet tho as I'm still trying to get x windows up and trying to get a game to work. ( I dont think config liked my answers for my card and unless I missed my guess thats what I need for both the games and x, back to hunting in the man's) Dean
> Paul Walton wrote: > > I`ve been a Windows user up to now so please excuse my ignorance. > I`m trying to install Debian 2.1 from the "Official" Binary- i386 CD. > My computer, a 486 with 2 hard drives, a floppy and a CD drive > wouldn`t boot CDs so I started the the installation from DOS, fine. > Things went well until I got to the stage "Install Operating System > Kernel and Modules" > Seems whichever device I select for the CDROM returns the message "The > CD-ROM was not mounted successfully" > I`ve looked at the ttty3 terminal and hda and hdb give the message > "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or > too many mounted file systems" > hdc and hdd give the message "mount: the kernel does not recognize > /dev/cdrom as a block device (`maybe insmod driver`?) > The SCSI option just brings up the "No SCSI Adapter" screen. > All other options give the message "mount: special device /dev/cdrom > does not exist" > > To make matters worse this is a spare PC bought cheaply so I have no > real idea of any of the hardware specifications, and no Windows OS to > check them on. > I really would like to escape from Microsoft so any help would be much > appreciated. > > > Paul Walton
