On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:44 pm, Diane Arsenault wrote: > Hi again, > > No problem - I'm getting replies so fast I can hardly keep up to it myself! > > Anway, it rebooted during the process of installing the actual program > files. No warning at all - she just up and quit - and rebooted. When this > happened it did come back to the "Press enter to install" screen, and the > progress bar indicated that it was loading files (although I hadn't pressed > enter). In all honesty, I don't remember if the floppy was still in the > drive or not ... Too much going on and I'm just about braindead. > > As an update - I just disconnected the CD-RW - Still can't boot from the > CD-ROM. Now I'm going to set up the CD-ROM as Primary SLAVE and see where > that gets me. > > Diane At this point, I wonder if the fans are running correctly, and I kinda agree with Adolfo on this. it really "should" start from the CDrom. it also should NOT have rebooted durring the install there. this might be a sign of some other problem.
It might be worth noting, at least a couple of years ago, if you had a Gateway computer (I don't think this is the same with HP/Compaq) and even attempted to ask their tech support if you could install linx on it got you a litle note in the warrenty records, and would void the warrenty by installing Linux. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:36 PM > > so sorry I jumped in late and did not read the complete first post to > reliaze > you had already tried cdrom.img, how ever, rebooting durring the install > process is not normal, (this ain't winders) and I am now wondering at what > point and why did it reboot? and was the floppy still in the floppy drive > when it reboots? and before it reboots durring the install process does it > give you the chance to reboot or does it just throwdown and restart? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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