Guys set your bios to cdrom- c: boot, put the Mandrake cd in. make sure that
you know which HD is which. Let fdisk id the two drives and hit the spacebar
for the one that you are going to use, use the command to erase the partitions.
I then rebooted the machine and when the failure - skip drive came up, I chose
skip drive and 5.3 took over and loaded the program in about 10 min. I chose
generic mouse and monitor, and MAKE a boot disk. Your machine will boot up win,
or with the disk Lilo. After the install is complete change the boot sequence
back to A:- C: 5.3 set up everything automatic.
I have had some problems but its linux.
John
Shane wrote:
> Remi..i too am a newbie....trying to install Linux...I bought it off e-bay
> and had no manual with it...my question is how do I set my cd rom drivers
> for use under dos to do an install??? I am using sytem commander.
>
> thanks
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rémi LETOT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 4:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ready to Start:
>
> > >What is my next step? Do I partion the drive to get it ready
> > >for the install?
> >
> > No, first of all you turn off the html functionnality of outlook :-)
> > It will be easier to read for many of us.
> >
> > Second you read the mandrake manual (saves you some trouble later).
> >
> > Then you can start the installation process, it will handle partitionning
> > and all that stuff itself (of course, it will ask you).
> > Good luck, and feel free to ask any question if you encounter any problem
> > (which of course should not occur)
> >
> > - Rémi -
> >
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