Install Help! No CD, No make, no /usr/src/linux
Hi,
Newbie that I am, I must be missing something fundamental in my growing
install frustration--but I have no idea what. I've been trying to fully
install Debian Linux for the past two weeks on a 5x86, 8 RAM, VESA local bus
machine. Linux sets up nice on the machine, but I can't configure anything
or access any packages: no "man", no "make", no "usr/src/linux", no CD
support (for obvious reasons I've had to put the sound card, mouse, and
modem configs completely out of mind for the time being).
First I tried a floppy install that worked fine except that "make" wasn't
recognized by the system, "tar zxpvf linux-2.0.34.tar.gz" would not unpack
the 2.0.34 kernel from /usr/src, and "mount -t iso9660 /dev/aztcd0 /cdrom",
while making an effort to load the CD-ROM driver, came back always with the
message that the kernel did not recognize /dev/aztcd as a "block device",
suggesting "insmod?". I tried editing /etc/fstab, trying alternately to
insert "/dev/hdc" and "/dev/aztcd0" lines, as well as then trying "mknod
/dev/aztcd0 b 29 0" at the Linux prompt as suggested in the AZTECH DRIVER
section of the CD-ROM HOWTO (thank god my old proprietary AZTECH CDA 268-01A
has a Linux driver written for it), but Linux just returns the prompt.
I can load a DOS command.com floppy and load the AZTECH CD-ROM driver,
thereby reading my newly delivered Debian 2.0 binary i386 CD. I can then
boot.bat from the CD, but during the install I am requested to insert the
DRIVERS *floppy*! When I do, the installation program reverts back to the
video color menu after grinding on the floppy drive for five seconds. I
finally managed to re-install from the floppies, getting asked by the
install program what commands I'd like to insert for the CD-ROM driver, I
tried "aztcd=0x320", and while the system gave it a whirl, the installation
of the CD driver failed. Maybe I'll try "aztcd=0x340" next--is there any
way to know the CD-ROM's I/O address? The device driver line that AZTECH
loads for DOS's config.sys reads, "device=c:\sgcd268.sys /P:634 /M:S
/D:AZTCD268". And that works most fine...in DOS.
Please someone give me some suggestions here. TIA.
Van Piercy (vpiercy@indiana.edu)
Bloomington, IN
USA
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