Set the CD jumper to cable select and try again Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Wieland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:50 PM Subject: [newbie] Cdrom problem
> I think I did an uh-oh. I removed my rom drives (1 cdr, 1 dvd) from my > mandrake 9.1, dell dimension 8100 to put into my new computer, and put > an old cdrom from a OLD 233 pentium II into the dell/linux box. I didnt > do any remove hardware thingy in linux nor was the box ON when i did it. > At first it booted fine, maybe the first 2-3 boots and i never tried to > test the cd-rom. After a few more days and 1 or 2 more boots i would get > a cannot find secondary disk drive strike F1 to continue ( i have 2 hdd > in the linux box). no problem to me because i havent gotten far enough > to use the second disk ( i think :-/). To keep this long and boring > story short I am now wanting to install mandrake 9.2 or Mandrake Move > (any suggestions onto which one?) but my cd rom is not detected in the > bios. I was thinking that it was a connection issue so i opened it up > and all the proper cables are in the proper areas. This leading me to > believe it may be a bad cable. Ive come up to two conclusions. 1. > putting back the original roms and original cable or 2. maybe there is a > floppy boot disk i can use that will enable a driver for the cdrom. > Any help or "hey everybody lets point and laugh at the kid withhis pants > down" would be greatly aprreciated > thanks a billion > -boardrider > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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