Installation Problem

From: Tom Yost (tom_at_gSePsApMac.com)
Date: 08/29/03 

Date: 29 Aug 2003 02:36:44 GMT

Apologizing in advance as I am a total Linux neophyte.

I've encountered a problem installing Slackware 9.0 from CD-ROM.

Our target board is an SBC based on the STMicroelectronics STPC Atlas
(100MHz 486-class CPU with built-in peripherals - "PC on a Chip")

I can successfully boot from the Slackware 9.0 Bootable Installation CD.
But when running the Setup program, the system hangs when selecting the
source media.
- We choose "Install from a Slackware CD-ROM."
- There are two options:
   "Scan for the CDROM drive automatically"
   "Manually select the CD-ROM drive"

In either case, the CDROM drive spins up and the access LED lights, but then
everything hangs (no error message is displayed and the system does not
respond to keyboard input - ALT-CTL-DEL has no effect.

This is very strange, because we BOOTED from the CD!!

I have tried every combination of Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave connection
but to no avail.

Any ideas?

I'm guessing that the failure occurs when the CDROM drive is trying to be
mounted ? I have attempted to test this by trying to mount the drive from
the command prompt, but I just can't figure out how to use the mount
command. Can anyone suggest the proper syntax that could allow me to mount
the CD and list the files?

Please reply to the newsgroup.

Thanks for your help and best regards,
Tom

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