CD problems

Kryis · 08-03-2004, 05:54 PM

Today i purchased a magazine with a copy of slackware on the DVD. I burned the required .iso files onto CD's and tried to run it, but it would not boot from CD. I then tried making the required bootdisk and rootdisks, and i managed to get to the setup screen and go through some of the setup options, but when i tried to select CD, it wouldn't detect my CD drive. I am trying to install onto an old 133MHz with 32MB RAM and 2 Hard Disks, one with Windows 98 and the other is blank.

320mb · 08-03-2004, 05:59 PM

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Originally posted by Kryis
but when i tried to select CD, it wouldn't detect my CD drive.

go back thru the setup menu's and do it manually............on slackware the cdrom is usually /dev/hdc

Kryis · 08-03-2004, 06:00 PM

I tried that, same problem. I also tried it with a friend's spare CD drive (which is about as old as the one i tried in the first place - the computer it was taken from was manufactured in 1995)

Kryis · 08-03-2004, 07:26 PM

when i try to run the cd it gives the following messages at the bottom of the screen briefly:
cdrom: open failed
unable to identify cdrom format
unable to identify cdrom format

zsejk · 08-03-2004, 07:39 PM

Can you look up what make and model your CD drive is eaxctly, and then pass that as a parameter when booting from the floppy (so that Slackware Setup knows what kind of CD drive it should be looking for)?

-zsejk

Kryis · 08-03-2004, 07:40 PM

how would i pass it as a parameter?

zsejk · 08-03-2004, 07:55 PM

Well, I don't know exactly (basically you'd be typing something at the prompt right at the start that says "boot: "), but I imagine that as soon as you know what make/model it is, you will be able to find something online dealing with it, maybe even specifically with it and using it to install Slackware. And if you can't find anything online, just post back here with the make/model, and someone's bound to be able to help you.

-zsejk

Kryis · 08-03-2004, 07:58 PM

It is a Mitsumi CD drive. The model number is crmc-fx400c .

zsejk · 08-04-2004, 12:32 AM

If you go to any of the Slackware mirrors, you will see that you prolly need the old_cd.i bootdisk for Non-IDE Mitsume CD support. How about you try using that as your boot floppy, and then report back here.

Unless of course you're already using the old_cd.i bootdisk, in which case I will refrain from further comments so other, more knowledgeable people can step in.

-zsejk