SLACKWARE 7.1 INSTALLATION

[Gregory Nowak]

I used easy cd creator to write mine, and it works fine. As for the cdrom device ... it won't be "/dev/cdrom" on the root disk. Try the following instead. "/dev/hdb" "/dev/hdc" "/dev/hdd" It should most likely be "/dev/hdb" if you have only one hard drive in your machine. 
Greg

On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:15:42PM +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> Gregory,
> 
> I've tried mounting the cdrom but get the error "special device /dev/cdrom
> not found" or something to that effect. I've also tried as you suggested to
> insert the CDROM once the kernal has booted from the FP. This doesn't make
> any difference. I used easy CD creator to write the slack 7.1 cd could this
> have anything to do with it?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mo.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:romualt at megsinet.net]
> Sent: 14 May 2001 17:11
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: SLACKWARE 7.1 INSTALLATION
> 
> 
> Have you tried manually mounting the cd-rom drive to see if it is accessable
> with the command: "mount /dev"/cd-rom-drive" -r /cdrom"? I've also found
> that one thing that could screw up accessing the drive with setup is if
> there is a cd in the drive when the system boots (this seems to be true even
> if your drive cannot boot cds). Put in the cd after the machine is done
> booting, and see if that helps.
> Greg
> 
> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:09:14PM +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can someone help me!!!!
> > 
> > I'm trying to install slackware 7.1 using the dec express synth. I've
> > managed to get the synth working, but get the error " can not access the
> > CDROM, ensure that it is mounted on /var/adm/mount, and that all of the
> sub
> > directories are accessible. " or something to that effect.
> > The strange thing is that prior to this error message, I can here the
> CDROM
> > being accessed.
> > 
> > Can some one tell me what I'm stupidly doing wrong?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Mo.
> > 
> > 
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