Re: 5.2-BETA from USB CD-ROM

From: Bernd Walter <ticso_at_cicely12.cicely.de>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:00:43 +0100
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 06:54:57PM -0500, Dan Pelleg wrote:
> 
> I grabbed the miniinst 5.2 ISO, and tried to install it on an IBM thinkpad
> X23 via an IBM USB CD-ROM (the machine has no internal floppy or CD). It
> boots fine, and I can proceed with the installation up to the point where
> it newfs-es the filesystems. Then it stops, saying "can't mount /dev/cd0 on
> /dist: device not configured (6)"
> 
> Any ideas? Requests for more debug info?

Sounds like the kernel doesn't know about your drive.
Up to that stage it's all BIOS access.
I don't know how good USB support from install evironment is - maybe
you have to start it manually or you need some quirks.
Boot messages about USB are welcome.

Another option would be to do the remaining part of the installation
from network and think about the drive after you've installed the
OS - it'll make things much easier.

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B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
ticso_at_bwct.de                                  info_at_bwct.de
Received on Sun Dec 07 2003 - 17:00:57 UTC

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