| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 14 Mar 2001 at 14:11:25 |
| Subject: | Re: A question about Linux |
hi,
> I wasn't able to install the kernal from the CD as, unlike other people, I didn't get the
> error 'Not a Debian CD' but instead Linux simply didn't find my CD-Rom drive at all.
> I suspect that Linux either doesn't recognise Surf Squirrels as a valid place for a CD drive
> to be or just can't handle SCSI CD-Rom drives. Anyway, I copied the 'potato' directory
precompiled kernels mostly have such devices (surf squirrel) as a module.
if i recall correctly the surfing part of that device (the serial port) is
supported but the SCSI part isnt. Linux can quite happily access SCSI
CDROM drives...but it has to be able to handle the SCSI controller. in
this case this may be a no no, I'll have a look this evening.
> However I am somewhat stumped when it comes to installing the packages. As the 'potato'
> directory is in the root of an FFS partition, is it possible to get Linux to recognise that
> partition like it did in the initial install process as a source of packages and if so, how?
yes, its of type 'affs' and you can mount it with usual mounting commands.
eg
mount -t affs -o ro /dev/hda4 /mnt/amiga
(this is after you've made the directory /mnt/amiga (mkdir /mnt/amiga)
and the FFS partition is /dev/hda4 - yours may well be different! 90%
likely in fact :-) )
alan
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