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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > > > First I did 
> > > > insmod cdrom
> > > > insmod ide-cd
> 
> You are missing the third insmod:
> ------------
> insmod isofs
> ------------
Thanks.  Are the instructions for these insmods somewhere in BL3 itself?  


> > I meant to type BL3 (SW3.2 CD goes with that).
> 
> I often use the Slackware 3.2 CDrom from BL2 (running the
> live filesystem via chroot).  I have even compiled some 
> kernels that way (from ramdisk BL2).  The only fishhook
> is the compiler needs a writeable /tmp, so I pop in a
> floppy and mount it at /tmp. 

Please explain how to use the live filesystem via chroot.  I thought it 
was just a way to be able to copy individual files, not run Slackware.  
Can you run SW3.2 programs in BL2, or did you maybe mean BL3?  

> 
> > My error message is
> > Mounting /dev/hdc/ on /cd failed:  No such device.
> 
> Are you sure that is:  /dev/hdc/  
> I would expect:  /dev/hdc 

Typo.

> 
> > I don't recall if it worked in BL2 
> 
> I suggest you try it from BL2 (ramdisk will do).
> That might tell us something.
Probably it will work if I insmod isofs first.  Thanks.  I am in DOS now.

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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