---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:32:47 +0200
>On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:08:50PM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:07 +0200 >> I mannaged to get the base system installed from floppies but now when I try >> to install the packages from the CDROM I get this message: >> >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> hdc : tray open >> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00, sector 64 >> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev 16:00 iso_blknum 16 block 32 >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, >> or too many mounted file systems >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> hdc : tray open or drive not ready >> Unable to mount /dev/cdrom on /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt, type iso9660. >> >> This is all Greek to me, but it seems to recognize the CDROM at startup and >> the busy light did flicker when I tried to install the packages. > >That's greek to me, too. I think that's a hardware problem. >Does your cd-drive work on windows? >Or the CD you have is broken. > Dude that's the weird thing. I can install Windows from the CDROM, and I installed Debian on to my laptop from the CD. I'm going to try to recompile the kernel with support for my sound board in it to see if that helps. >-- >Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >http://www.interface-business.de > > >