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Re: CD-ROM problem (note for Marc)
On Fri, 07 Jun 96 09:05:37 ,
Shlomo Solomon <solomon@shani.net> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just installed LINUX for the first time. being a NEWBIE I was afraid to try it on my computer so I commandeered my children's
>AMD386/40 to experiment on before moving onto my computer. Everything went quite well - including repartitioning, installing swap
>space, installing LINUX, installing a few packages from the CD-ROM, and setting up LILO. But when I boot my new system from LILO I
>can't use the CD-ROM. I did have access to the CD during the installation (I used the SBPCD boot image from the Slackware CD).
>
>BTW - is there a way to get the above error messages into a file rather than copying it all on paper and typing it into a message as
>I did ?
>
>BTW - Marc - be gentle - after all I'm only a sensitive NEWBIE. You wouldn't want me to cry - would you ???? But seriously, I did
>read all I could find that seemed to be related to my problem (maybe the wrong documents - so point me in the right direction).
>
I'll answer quickly before Marc notices me (shsh....)
You picked the right boot/rootdisk combination for installation but
during installation installed the default kernel which has no support
for your CD-ROM.
You should install a new kernel from your distribution CD-ROM; in the
Slackware distribution this means installing one of the kernels in the
Q set (one with sbpcd in the name, obviously). This overwrites the
default kernel and you can boot using lilo.
MARC, put this in the FAQ (this is the second time I answer this
question in the last fortnight or so).
Good Luck,
Raphael Slepon
mrkgnao@actcom.co.il