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