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@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
