[parisc-linux] dumb question.. :(

Richard Hirst rhirst@linuxcare.com
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:06:38 +0000


On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 05:31:12PM +1100, Peter Lavender wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I just d/led and burnt 0.9.3 iso and in my excitement I've stuck the CD in
> booted and it's worked!
> 
> Problem is now that I'm being asked were the install files are on the
> cdrom.. but I have no idea...

Generally speaking, just hit return to most of those confusing
questions when doing a CD install.  The exception is that on
one screen you'll be offered two choices of kernel/modules, one for
32 bit and one for 64.  Make sure you pick the right one.  If you
are not sure which was booted, you could scroll down to 'execute a
shell' on the menu and do 'uname -a' (or Alt-F2 if on graphics console).
You may also get asked about installing woody or sid; choose woody,
which is the first option, so again <return> does the right thing.

I've just heard that adding 'cdrom' as a boot option makes some of
this confusion go away, but I havn't investigated yet.

Richard