Debian 3.1 and CDROM problems

If you are loading Debian 3.1, and you are having a problem where it's not loading from the CD, try to "Cancel", "Locate CD", and then try again. Sarge has this problem where it doesn't always set the $stage variable. You can validate this by hitting Alt-F4 (log screen) and it'll show that it can't find /cdrom/dists//Release (not, the double slash there, it SHOULD have sarge inside of them). That means that it's not sure what releases are on your CD. Having it re-locate and scan the CD fixes this. Oh, and make sure you're not in a shell in the /cdrom directory when you do this (like I did), as it umount's the folder and then scans, and if you're in it, it can't unmount it, and so it doesn't re-scan it..