i am trying to install a debian based distro (demudi from www-agnula-org{replace dots}) but i keep running into this problem.

when i get to the apt-configuration part of the install it asked me from which source i want to install from. naturally i say CD ROM because that is where all the pakages are. but then it says that it can't locate the cd rom drive and needs me to state the 'CD ROM device file'. i have tryied everything, /dev/cdrom /dev/hdd /cdrom but nothing seems to work. because i cant get past this step i end up with a base install with no gui or software. its killing me because i don't understand why it can't find the cdrom drive even though its been reading off it up untill now, weird.
i tried investigating how to mount the device using
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom
but it doesn't like that either.


this same problem (obvisously) occurs with dselect when i choose the source. it asks me for the cdrom block device.

i hope you have a slight clue as to how i solve this one otherwise a link would be handy.



Thanks for reading anyway.
hope all is well.
cheers.
Tom.

though I can't say I can solve your cdrom issue, (have you tried /dev/hdc or /dev/scd0?) if you main goal is a debain installation, I would suggest giving Knoppix a shot. I have some fairly odd hardware and had to use "failsafe" to boot from the cd. The install went great after that. once it boots switch to an new session (alt F2 for example) and type knx-hdinstall.

Sorry if this is of no help

good luck however

Aman

Try switching to a new session and viewing fstab to make sure the entry for your CD-ROM is correct.

I've had the same problem, once agnula installs the base system it loads scsi emulation - needed for some cdwriting software!!
Your device most likely will be sr0!
However, I've found agnula to be a terrible excuse for a distro at least as far as installing goes, I much recommend installing debian and then upgrading to agnula, hope this helps

So finaly I found the solution in this thread here.
For me /dev/hdc works. I'm so happy.

Thanks, bluie