[lug] mount cdrom (fs types)

[John Starkey]

> I don't believe you have to mount the CD for Windows installation under
> Win4Lin.  I think I have done it both ways, mounted or unmounted.

It tried to mount the CD for me (Win4Lin).

> Specifically here's what I did to get windows installed under win4lin.
> Under Windows, format/s a: to make a bootable floppy.

The instructions they give are different but maybe that's a Win95 vs 98
issue? 

www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin/docs/Win4Lin-2.0_Install.php#installing-windows

> Start the installation from Win4Lin by putting the boot floppy in the floppy
> drive, put the CD in the drive (I didn't mount it IIRC), follow the prompts
> given by Win4Lin and start installing W95 (for me).  I was surprised that I
> didn't have to worry about CD rom drivers like I have in the past when I
> tried to install just W95 from that CD.

Hmmm. Now I can't find my Win95 CD.

I'm in and it's looking for setup.exe but HP's (Win98) CD doesn't have
one. Just a startup.img.

Thanks,

John


> Chip
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Starkey [mailto:jstarkey at advancecreations.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:33 PM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] mount cdrom (fs types)
> > 
> > 
> > Ok. So I had to get away from the Kernel compiles for a few :}
> > 
> > And I'm a proud new owner of a strictly KRUD machine. Windoze is outta
> > here for the 3rd time in 6 months. And I swear I'm not going 
> > back this 
> > time, I will find a way to view Word docs. :}
> > 
> > I'm installing Win4Lin Eval and I need to mount a Windoze 
> > install CD. But
> > I can't get the FS type correct. I've tried:
> > 
> > autofs
> > iso9660
> > vfat
> > umsdos
> > msdos
> > 
> > I tried mounting an ext2 and it worked fine. The error I recieve when
> > trying to mount is wrong fs type (not the "not supported" error). 
> > 
> > Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? 
> > 
> > I'm using 
> > 
> > mount -t fs_type_above /dev/cdrom 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John
> > 
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