Re: New Install
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 09:22:43PM -0500, Joe wrote:
> I am trying to install Official Debian 2.0 in my 48ram, 166meg, P.B.
> system. I get to (A)ccess, It asks me for "Where to install from" with
> chooses of CD, Floppy, Ect. When I choose CD-ROM, I go into a screen
> that asks for CD, and block device. I don't know what a block device is,
> or what my CD-ROM drive is. Any help?
There are two possible cases (three really).
You have a normal ATAPI CD ROM on IDE controller.
Check if this is on your primary IDE controller, or on your secondary.
Also, if it is Master or Slave. Probably the information is in the BIOS.
(modern BIOS show a list of four IDE devices:
1 AUTO .................... LBA would be a hard drive at master/primary
2 CDROM........................ would be CD ROM at slave/primary
3 AUTO .................... LBA again hard drive
4 NONE ........................ ooops. empty
Those four ports are called /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, /dev/hdd under
Linux.
A block device transmits data in blocks instead of byte by byte. Don't
worry, you don't need to know what a block device is.
If you have SCSI, the names are /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc, etc.
When Linux boots, you can see the auto detection working. If you want to
halt the messages, press the key between "break" and "print" ("roll" on my
keyboard). Ther terminal will stop and you can go up with SHIFT+ PG UP and
down with SHIFT+ PG DOWN. Press again "Roll" to continue with start up.
YOu should try to get he online information (Install Manual)
Hope that helps,
Marcus
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