This is happening because you used the "bootnet.img" to make a boot floppy
instead of the "boot.img". But the solution of booting directly from CD by
changing the BIOS settings is the best.
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, M Thompson wrote:
> 1) Keep the CD in the CD-ROM
> 2) Go into your BIOS and temporarily change the boot device to your CD-ROM
> 3) Reboot your PC
> 4) The Linux installation should boot off your CD
> 5) After installation, you can change the boot device to the original
> settings
>
>
> HTH,
> Matt
>
>
>
> >From: "vishal bansal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation
> >Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:09:16 PST
> >
> >Hi folks:
> >
> >I am trying to install Linux-mandrake 6.1. I am using linux boot disk.
> >After entering the key board entry as us, I come to the intallation screen
> >where I am asked which media am I going to use for installation. The
> >options
> >listed are:
> >
> >1. NFS image 2. FTP 3. HTTP
> >
> >But my installation media is the CD-ROM. I was expecting one of the options
> >as Local CD-ROM.I am not using any PC cards and have no PCMIA sockets.
> >
> >What should I do?
> >
> >-Vishal.
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