Ok i downloaded slackware 10

burnt it to disk and all that crap

i get to the setup and when it ask for the soruces i chose cdrom it checks my cdrom light goes green and i can hear spinning and then when it goes onto sisci and then all that, and then at the end it says that no cdrom was dected and when i do custom on HDC it knows it there cos the green light goes on its might strange what kernel should i use also i did the defualt

my cdrom drive is: Samsurg 32x

i no i could copy the files over onto the hd but its only a 3gb disk and i only really want a apache server and few things and posssible kde

Welcome to LQ.

When you burn the CD make sure you do so at a slow speed. It would also be a good idea to make sure you are using decent quality CDs and maybe even clean the drive.

umm i will try burning it slower but it get to the setup fine and when i am doing the cd test it notices it there but skips onto the next one

and thanks for welcoming me to LQ

type 'mount cdrom'
then cd into /mnt and 'ls'
you should then have a list of the files on the CD.

When i type that i get:


root~slackware:/# mount cdrom
mount: can't find /var/log/moun in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
root@slackware:/#

and thats all i get


umm finding my bros slack 8.1 and that dectects the cdrom and the other doesnt so i might try burning it at a lower speed

edit again:

i reburn it at a lower speed and i get the same bloody thing, i might as well use slackware 8.1 cos i dont have the time to download 9.1

I got the same problem yesterday.

Try my ways:
1)Connet one USB CD/DVD
2)Change another CDROM, sometimes it works.

Seeing i got 2 cdroms in my main pc (this one) I may take out my dvd one becasue the samsurg is a bit dodgey

ok I try and see what result i get

EDIT:
Yay its installing now i swicthed it with another cdrom and it seems to be installin thanks for the tip but i am going to have to buy another cdrom or see if i can fix the old one

thanks for all your support!

All seems to be working well i got slackware to install fine

thanks for all your help!