[Tfug] Installing Debian via SCSI cd-rom

Jim tfug@tfug.org
Sun Dec 15 18:58:01 2002


If I have a plextor Ultra Plex40 max how would I know what module to 
load and can anyone tell me how to load the module during the install so 
I can complete the installation with a SCSI cdrom?

Jim


A.Chris Hilton wrote:

>The installer's doesn't contain (or isn't autoloading) the driver for
>the scsi card, the cdrom, or both.  You can peruse the Deb installer
>docs for an update on this, but when I put Debian on a compaq server
>with cpqarray built in raid I had to grab the modules from an existing
>installation, put them on a floppy and load them manually during the
>install.
>
>Some of the Debsters on the list may know better than I though.
>
>-C-
>
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>On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:36:33 -0700
>Jim <jbrouse@cox.net> wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>
>>    I am trying to install Debian woody on a system with a scsi cdrom,
>>    
>>what is interesting is that  the system with the cdrom in at bootup
>>will start setup and continue until it gets till the screen for
>>"Select Installation Media" and the cdrom is not listed, although that
>>is how setup is running, how can I get past this?
>>
>>
>>Jim
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