Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian

[Daniel Pearson]

Chris,
I got mine to work.. I'm a Debian newbie, so I was pretty happy with that ;)

Did it about a week or so ago, and yeh - there is a line you need to add to
your lilo.conf and then just cd /dev ; rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom

But I too, could read fine with it without having to do any configuration -
Debian picked it up fine as a normal CD reader.

Thats using a 40x12x40x LiteON

Regards,
Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian


> Yeah thats right. You also need to make a change in lilo.conf and a sym
> link somewhere.
>
> BTW I haven't got around to using my burner yet under linux but I tried
> the above about 3-4 months ago and it didn't work (haven't tried it
> since - which is a reminder to try it again soon)
>
> Despite this I can read fine using my burner.
>
> What brand, speed and model burner do you have?
>
> regards,
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 15:29, Daniel Pearson wrote:
> > James,
> > You need to use the ide-scsi module - IDE burners used to be used with
scsi
> > emulation.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Elliott" <James.Elliott at wn.com.au>
> > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian
> >
> >
> > > Hi again Chris
> > >
> > > On problem I had when installing previously was that the setup program
did
> > > not seem to recognise my burner as a suitable CD reader.  Debian
installed
> > > with no problems onto the computer with a conventional CD-ROM reader,
but
> > > bombed out on the one which has a burner.  I was thinking of
installing a
> > > CD-ROM drive, as well as the burner, before attempting installation.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate your thoughts and advice.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > James Elliott
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
> > > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sure. That's what I did.
> > > >
> > > > BTW is you have any problems installing just ask me and or post to
the
> > > > list I (and many other PLUG members) will be more than happy to
help.
> > > >
> > > > One thing you may want to do is type : bf24
> > > >
> > > > at the boot option have you boot from the CD
> > > >
> > > > This set up the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernal
> > > >
> > > > which allows you to use the ext3 file system.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 14:20, James Elliott wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for the help Chris
> > > > >
> > > > > I am fairly new to Linux so please don't apologise for detailing
it to
> > > me.
> > > > >
> > > > > It appears that you can update after installing it, so if I have
any
> > > trouble
> > > > > setting up the PPP connection, could I simply install Debian from
the
> > > CD's
> > > > > as I did before and update it later?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > James Elliott
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
> > > > > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [plug] Debian
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > James,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Stable is up to Debian 3.0 Rev 1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There have been over 300 updates since the release of Rev 0. ~
70 of
> > > > > > them have been security updates.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When installing your system the latest package information will
be
> > > > > > download from the apt sources your specify. (You will need to be
> > > > > > connected to the Internet via PPP or ethernet or it will just
get
> > the
> > > > > > ones from your CD's - It's good to have both)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thankfully the Debian install allows you to setup a PPP
connection.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If your system is already installed simply type: apt-get update
> > > > > >
> > > > > > from root to update your package information
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Type: apt-get -u upgrade
> > > > > >
> > > > > > which download any updates your need and then install them
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I hope this helps.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course accept my apologies if you already knew this stuff (;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris Caston
> > > > > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:06, garry wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yes it is the most current stable. There has been a few
updates to
> > > it of
> > > > > > > course..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Garry
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:56, James Elliott wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have been distracted with work and Uni exams for the last
few
> > > months
> > > > > but
> > > > > > > > am now ready to convert most of my network to Linux.  I have
> > > Debian
> > > > > Linux
> > > > > > > > 3.0 from EverythingLinux.com.au, but I bought that several
> > months
> > > ago,
> > > > > > > > shortly after it was released - is it still the latest
stable
> > > release
> > > > > or is
> > > > > > > > there a more recent version?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > James Elliott
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