Put the CD in your CDROM and turn on your computer to a DOS prompt. At the
dos prompt, switch to the CDROM drive letter. CD to dosutils. This should
be on your disk. If not then get from Mandrakes FTP site. In this file is
a exe called autoboot. Under dos type in autoboot and hit enter. The cdrom
will then load the install software.
ex.
F:\DOSUTILS>autoboot
<enter>
>From: "Sebastian L C Goh"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [newbie] UNABLE TO CONFIG CD-ROM
>Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:25:45 -0700
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to learn about Linux and got myself a copy of Mandrake
> Linux 6.0.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have the right CD-ROM for it. I have a ACER
> ATAPI 40X CD-ROM and when installing, it is not in the list.
>
> Can anyone advise how to configure the CD-ROM.
>
> I have been in Windows all the time and feel crippled and naked
> without its ease of setup.
>
> Thanks
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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