Sorry - think I hit "reply" instead of "reply all" earlier. I fixed my problem. Maybe
my
experience will be of use to others. I just changed the settings on ABIT m'board bios
to
"default". I had previously shutoff "PnP", but evidently that wasn't enough. Anyway,
everything went smoothly after that and installed perfectly.
Brian
Jaguar wrote:
> I think I remember reading a post here about someone waiting 20 mins or more
> then the drawer opened and they were able to continue.
> Maybe you just have to wait longer for the drawer to open???
> Just a thought
> HTH
> Jaguar
>
> Brian King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a similar problem. Also have 7.1 CD package and can't boot from CD -
> the
> > bios setting doesn't work. I have uninstalled PnP. As far as I can get is
> > "detecting CD ROM" and the "loading second image" message. The computer
> then
> > reboots into Windows or goes through the same thing again if i use a
> floppy.
> > One I managed to get it to go through CD probing manually. Matshita was not
> on
> > the list - although it's on Mandrake's official hardware list. I went
> > through all the other CDs that were found, but nothing else worked either.
> >
> > Strange thing is, installation was successful on my other machine with
> almost
> > identical configuration. Any similar experiences, suggestions etc?
> >
> > ABIT BH6 Mother board
> > 300 Mhz Celeron (o'clocked to 450)
> > 64 MB PC100 RAM
> > Trident Blade 3d PCI/AGP
> > Western Digital 6.4 GB HD
> > Realtek RTL8029(AS) 10/100 PCI Ethernet
> > Creative SB 16 (PCI version)
> > Matshita 40X CDROM CR 586
> > 100MB Zip Drive
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > 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
> > >
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