From 1cbd4796f8f35c519460da62d336c8daad9f35a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Gulliver Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 22:38:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] CD-ROM multi-drive sarge installation --- ...09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html | 14 ++++++++++++++ index.html | 1 + ...6-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ markdown/index.md | 1 + 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html create mode 100644 markdown/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.md diff --git a/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html b/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b42acaa --- /dev/null +++ b/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + + + + + +

I realize we only have a couple of months left that this matters, but it drove me nuts for hours today, so I thought I’d share.

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The Debian sarge installer completely flips out if there’s more than one CD/DVD drive, you have discs in both, and the Debian disc isn’t in the first. The easy answer is, of course, take a disc out. It’s rather hard when it’s in the BladeCenter tray in NJ and you’re in upstate NY.

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You can’t mount the drive yourself. There’s a bug in the installer that won’t detect which distro it’s trying to install, and it starts searching for files that don’t exist (/cdrom/dists//Release). Useless.

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However, it turns out that devfs is writable in places. You can go into /dev/cdroms/, remove all the links, and recreate just a cdrom0 link to whichever /dev/scsi/ or /dev/ide/ device you like. Poof, functional.

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  • 2009-Sep-11: Confusing BIND with CNAMEs
  • 2009-Feb-19: The odd case of my mugging
  • 2009-Feb-03: 5-packet TCP connection?
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  • 2006-Sep-22: CD-ROM multi-drive sarge installation
  • 2006-Jul-23: sqlsearch 1.1.0
  • 2006-Jul-20: sqlsearch 1.0.0
  • 2006-Jul-08: My DVD drive won’t play movies
    • diff --git a/markdown/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.md b/markdown/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1eca783 --- /dev/null +++ b/markdown/2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + + + + + +I realize we only have a couple of months left that this matters, but it drove me nuts for hours today, so I thought I’d share. + +The Debian sarge installer completely flips out if there’s more than one CD/DVD drive, you have discs in both, and the Debian disc isn’t in the first. The easy answer is, of course, take a disc out. It’s rather hard when it’s in the BladeCenter tray in NJ and you’re in upstate NY. + +You can’t mount the drive yourself. There’s a bug in the installer that won’t detect which distro it’s trying to install, and it starts searching for files that don’t exist (/cdrom/dists//Release). Useless. + +However, it turns out that devfs is writable in places. You can go into /dev/cdroms/, remove all the links, and recreate just a cdrom0 link to whichever /dev/scsi/ or /dev/ide/ device you like. Poof, functional. + + diff --git a/markdown/index.md b/markdown/index.md index 306a066..01901d6 100644 --- a/markdown/index.md +++ b/markdown/index.md @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ 1. 2009-Sep-11: [Confusing BIND with CNAMEs](2009-09-11-confusing-bind-with-cnames.html) 1. 2009-Feb-19: [The odd case of my mugging](2019-02-19-the-odd-case-of-my-mugging.html) 1. 2009-Feb-03: [5-packet TCP connection?](2009-02-03-5-packet-tcp-connection.html) +1. 2006-Sep-22: [CD-ROM multi-drive sarge installation](2006-09-22-cdrom-multi-drive-sarge-installation.html) 1. 2006-Jul-23: [sqlsearch 1.1.0](2006-07-23-sqlsearch-1-1-0.html) 1. 2006-Jul-20: [sqlsearch 1.0.0](2006-07-20-sqlsearch-1-0-0.html) 1. 2006-Jul-08: [My DVD drive won’t play movies](2006-07-08-my-dvd-drive-wont-play-movies.html)