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Hello,
I asked this question on 3dbuzz.com, but didn't get a helpful response. I am
trying to install a different distribution of linux onto my Mandrake
computer. I am trying to create a boot floppy that I can use to boot my
computer from the CD-ROM. I have been searching on google for this, but keep
getting "how to create a floppy that can be booted from" instead of "how to
create a floppy that will cause the computer to boot from the CD-ROM." The
BIOS is set to boot from the CD, and I have a the CD in the drive, but it
doesn't work. And I can't create one from inside of Mandrake since something
happened to where I can't login. The computer that I am using now has
Windows Me.
The responses that I got were:
I don't think you can create a "floppy that will cause the computer to
boot from the CD-ROM." If the CDROM is bootable, it will boot from it. On my
computer, if the CD ROM inserted is not bootable, it says "Failure to boot
from CD" and then continues to the hard drive. All you should need to change
is the BIOS setting to boot from a CDROM.
And:
For something like this, you will have to create a boot floppy that
starts setup and then brings the CD into the picture. Specifically, what's
the error when you try to boot from CD?
I responded with:
I don't get any error when I try to boot from CD. I insert the CD,
turn the computer off, turn it back on, the BIOS is already set to boot from
CD so I don't need to make any changes to it. The CD rev's up, but then the
computer continues to boot into Mandrake. But I can't get past the login
screen. It doesn't echo anything when I try to type in a password. I am
using the correct password, I wrote it down when I created it. I do get an
option though while Mandrake is loading to boot into linux, fail-safe, or
floppy.
Any help is appreciated,
Steven
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