Cannot mount cd-rom during boot installation.
To anyone who can help:
I am installing Linux on a Compaq LTE Elite 4/75cx system with it's docking
station (Smartstation). I have just begun booting off a Linux boot disk and
have only gone through a few steps to where the system is trying to mount my
cd-rom. The cd-rom is a NEC Multispin 6x (cdr-502) IDE. I have tried to
"Autoprobe" for the settings using every driver available in the
installation process without success. I suspect I need to specify certain
options but have no idea where to begin. Should I create a config.sys and
autoexec.bat on the Linux boot disk to enable the device (will that work?)?
Or does anyone have any experience with this system. Just guessing I don't
think it is the cd-r's problem but the proper communication with the IDE
that is the hangup. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
david sartin
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When the boot sequence pauses to permit you to add any parameters if
necessary try adding "hdb=cdrom" to force detection of your CD-ROM.
(Assuming your CD-ROM is the second IDE device on your computer and
the hard drive is the first.) If that works then you'll need to add
it to /etc/lilo.conf to use your CD-R once you have Linux installed.
HTH
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I am installing Linux on a Compaq LTE Elite 4/75cx system with it's docking
station (Smartstation). I have just begun booting off a Linux boot disk and
have only gone through a few steps to where the system is trying to mount my
cd-rom. The cd-rom is a NEC Multispin 6x (cdr-502) IDE. I have tried to
"Autoprobe" for the settings using every driver available in the
installation process without success. I suspect I need to specify certain
options but have no idea where to begin. Should I create a config.sys and
autoexec.bat on the Linux boot disk to enable the device (will that work?)?
Or does anyone have any experience with this system. Just guessing I don't
think it is the cd-r's problem but the proper communication with the IDE
that is the hangup. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
david sartin
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