-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E. Hines Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cd-rom
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 10:22 am, John wrote: > > Everyone has been helpful. Yes I am running 9.1. Everything had been > working great with no indications of problems. Then the cdrom wouldn't > work. I have 9.2 hopefully getting here today and I would like to > install this. I thought the cdrom would have to work before I could > install 9.2. Is there a way to get the 9.2 installation up with where > I am now or do I need to continue with trying to fix the cdrom > connection? > > Thanks > John That won't be a problem, because you will be booting from cdrom--your Linux system on the hd won't even be mounted. In fact, you will be nuking what you have when you format later. The one glitch could be if the cd drive itself is bad (I've had several die), but if the machine finds the cd boot img that will rule out a bad drive. I helped a friend put 9.2 on a laptop yesterday. The install went smooth as silk--really, really easy. He was up and running in under 30 minutes. Hopefully, yours will be the same. e. Hi Apparently the cd has gone bad. 9.2 won't boot. The light blinks continuously as it did before. Any suggestions on which way to proceed? I probably still have time to pick up one today. What would be compatible with mandrake? External with usb hookup? Etc. Thanks for the help John
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