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> CMOS (i.e. the motherboard BIOS, what you are referring to as the setup
> screen) -- there are many brands, and they all differ. TYPICALLY after you
> get in, via <DEL> or <F2> or <F10> (the three most common ways) or whatever,
> look at what is displayed for options (perhaps after having to clear a
> warning message). 98% of the time you will find an option to exit without
> saving < use this if you are unsure about the changes you have made. If
> there is there will also be an option to exit saving changes. When used,
> either choice will be confirmed with a box upon exit--it can be confusing,
> read it carefully before making a choice. Some CMOS do not give you an
> option to exit without saving; IN THIS CASE BE VERY CAREFUL.
> How to change your boot order. You are correct that normally it is
> desirable to seek a floppy first, then the hard drive; for many things
> including installing Linux it is absolutely necessary to seek the floppy
> drive first. Highlight the boot order field (usually by <TAB>ing down to
> it). <F1> will often give you a list of the selections possible. Changing
> values will cycle through them. Stop when the one you want is displayed,
> then exit that page and exit CMOS saving your changes. Read the border
> messages on the CMOS page--It should say "info = <F1>" or whatever, and "to
> change values <PgUp> <PgDn>" or <+> <-> or whatever.
> Install through DOS. No, you don't install Linux through DOS, although
> you can do a text-based install. You can even install Linux ON the DOS
> filesystem, though that is undesirable for a number of reasons. Once you
> have made the boot order change so that the motherboard will look at the
> floppy drive first, the disk that you have already made should work just
> fine. That floppy disc will boot a small version of Linux and then find your
> CD ROM (be sure to have your Mandrake disk inserted when your machine is
> booting up), and it will transfer over to the CD and begin the graphical
> install directly. Be SURE that you know what partitions are Windows and
> which are to be for Mandrake (assuming you will be dual-booting) as the
> installer may need to mark your new partitions itself [meaning it may find no
> space and want you to delete these partitions to make space, which can be
> easily done within the installation]. Normally one creates "free" or
> "unallocated" space and the installer will divide it and set it up with "auto
> allocate".
> The only time I have been put into text install was when I booted on the
> Mandrake floppy and the CD was not in the drive when the floppy Linux system
> found the drive. It should go right into the graphical install on its own if
> the CD is in the drive.
> -Gary-
>
> In a message dated 7/1/2000 3:31:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately
> I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows
> that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios
> setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and
> how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup
> screen. Also, may I install by graphical installation or text
> installation through MS-DOS? I have made the floppy for graphical with
> rawrite but how do I do it for text installation? I have already done
> the partitions with Partition magic and I have Bootmagic installed.
> Those applications seem to be OK but I cannot get the Linux boot disk or
> Linux Installation CD to boot the installation screen so that I may
> install Linux. In other words I have bootmagic and partitionmagic on and
> the next step was to boot up so that I may install Linux through the CD
> next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such
> as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or
> partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted
> Linux-Mandrake support days ago several times but I have received no
> answer. I have looking through everything that I can find in
> documentation and other Linux sources but have not found the answer yet.
> I appreciate anyone's input. I do have a Pentium 200 MHZ with 2 IDE hard
> drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs
> of memory and everything else should be compatible from my research. As
> a reminder my hard drive is already partitioned through partition magic
> and Linux is not installed yet. Thank you very much for your
> help.Sincerely, Marcia
>
Thank you for your advice. I was able to get into the Bios and it had the save &
exit option or exiting without saving. The F1 does give me the list of boot
sequences but I have not been able to scroll through the list. How do you change
values to cycle through the list? I have used the arrows and nothing happens.
There is a place that shows what F1 is for and other options. The one for modify
is <PU><PD> and it has/+/-. Would there be a way to install with my setup as is:
C,A,SCSI? I suspect that there has to be a way for me to make the changes of the
boot sequence but there is something I am not doing correctly obviously. Thank
you very much for your help. I will keep working on this. Thank you. Marcia
