Re: problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 12:10:00AM +0200, Cyril Niklaus wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > When did you get the installer? I think this is fixed in the current > > version. > > Last night. I did a net install, using first the base image (etc) from I'm confused. I don't know what is caus

Re: problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Cyril Niklaus
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > When did you get the installer? I think this is fixed in the current > version. Last night. I did a net install, using first the base image (etc) from the http debian site in the us (question: isn't it a bit strange that the only recognized protocol at this stage of

Re: problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 09:41:57PM +0200, Cyril Niklaus wrote: > hello Nelson, > It seems it's slightly more complicated than that, as my cdrom is > /dev/hdc. That's where it has been on all my installs, (be they of linux > or osx), and this is confirmed by the kernel messages(hdc: MATSHITA > CR-17

Re: problem with mounting cdrom, solved

2000-06-18 Thread Cyril Niklaus
I indeed had to create the /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc simlink, but first I had to use MAKEDEV in order to create all the /dev/hdc, which where missing. thanks for the hints, Cyril

Re: problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Cyril Niklaus
hello Nelson, It seems it's slightly more complicated than that, as my cdrom is /dev/hdc. That's where it has been on all my installs, (be they of linux or osx), and this is confirmed by the kernel messages(hdc: MATSHITA CR-174, ATAPI CDROM drive). But I do not have the /dev/hdc eith

Re: problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Nelson Abramson
Cyril Niklaus wrote: > hi all, > I just installed debian, with no problems. I realize though now that I > do not have the possibility to mount cdroms. I get the following error > message: > lempo:/home/cyril# mount /dev/cdrom > mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist > /dev/cdrom is in fst

problem with mounting cdrom

2000-06-18 Thread Cyril Niklaus
hi all, I just installed debian, with no problems. I realize though now that I do not have the possibility to mount cdroms. I get the following error message: lempo:/home/cyril# mount /dev/cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist /dev/cdrom is in fstab, but indeed not in /dev/. How can