Abner Gershon wrote:
>
> I can boot my Debian 2.2r3 cd-rom just fine but at the
> point in the installation process when the
> applications are to be installed I get a message that
> my cd-rom drive was not auto detected and that I
> should specify a device file for accessing the cd-rom.
> I am clueless about this. Why could debian access
> cd-rom at initial boot but not to load application
> packages? I initially started to install using floppys
> but aborted after I received my cd-roms in the mail. I
> have two cd devices on my computer. Theses are
> described in Windows system resource report as:
>
> LG CD-RW CED-8080B
> and
> _NEC DV-5700A
>
> Help?
The initial boot process is not by Debain, but by the BIOS wich
recognizes you CD as bootable. You should know the device your CDROm
is connected to. If it is the slave of the primary IDE-port it is
called /dev/hdb in Linux. The secondary IDE-port is then /dev/hdc
and /dev/hdd.
Good luck,
Frank
