On 23 Jul 00, at 19:25, linus nuby wrote:
>
> I have been having trouble installing 7.1 from CD.
>
> Dell P166MMX
> Toshiba XM-6502B ATAPI cd-rom
>
> The bios won't let me boot from CD, so I had to boot from floppy.
> Everything goes well until it's time to change CDs. The drawer won't open
> on the drive.
>
> If I choose Cancel, the install finishes and I have a working Linux without
> the packages from the Apps CD. The drive works fine after install.
>
> If I spring the drive drawer, switch CDs and hit OK, install loops still
> asking for the Apps CD. When I choose Cancel after that, the machine
> freezes in post install mode.
> > Any ideas? > > Thanx
The same thing happened to me, although I used a different
CD-ROM. I simply pressed enter to signal It was ready (NOT)
and shortly thereafter, the CD unlocked. I haven't finished my
instllation either.
I hoped that someone else knew what could be done to take up
where I left off.
Bill
