Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Thanks for your quick response, Christian. For whatever reason, it's now working. To clarify: 1st reboot after base install: CD wouldn't mount, autodetection failed. Starting a new console and typing mount commands didn't work. "sr0" device was present, but CD still wouldn't mount. Logged into

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 10:14:11AM -0500, Matt Ruben wrote: > Well, I've made it to reboot and have gone through some basic > configuration (set root password, create regular user, set time zone), > and I'm stuck on this same problem again. Apt won't configure--says it > was unable to detect a C

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Well, I've made it to reboot and have gone through some basic configuration (set root password, create regular user, set time zone), and I'm stuck on this same problem again. Apt won't configure--says it was unable to detect a CD ROM drive. Tried setting Apt to use a filesystem instead of a CD,

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 03:24:15AM -0500, Matt Ruben wrote: > > Goodness what a PIA! Now to see if the finished installation suffers > from the same problem... No it doesn't, it happens only in the old installer. > On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 02:51 AM, Matt Ruben wrote: > > > Hi all, > >

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Hello again, I have found the solution (to the problem quoted below) after piecing together a few archived posts from this list. For those interested, here it is: (1) Get to new console (command-F2) (2) Make a device driver file for the CD-ROM Drive: cd /dev mknod sr0 b 11 0 chgrp cdrom sr0 chmo