James,
This is what I went thru' :
My Linux-Mandrake 7.1 is given by Maximum Linux Aug/Sept 2000; before
install, I set cmos/bios of my computer to auto detect IDE primary master
and primary slave only; boot computer to dos with cdrom support from Win95
boot disk. My cdrom was detected as C:\ ; new un-partition, un-format,
Seagate 10 Gb harddisk un-detected; inserted L-M 7.1 cd into cdrom; cd to
C:\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinst\cdrom.bat; press [enter]; install menu show
up; continued till "can't read partition table" press [OK]; continue with
"auto allocate" until completion of installation. Balance of installation
: setup sound card and modem.
Try follow above routine. HTH, Regards.
At 05:40 AM 25-10-2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I bought a new disk drive to use only for linux. I put in the boot disk
>and cd and got the window that says use f1 for help or return to install
>program. I then get a message on the screen that says boot failed. I tried
>f1 and tried the options there and still get a boot failed message. So
>cannot load the 7.1
>I then got out my older 6.1 Mandrake distro and it loaded OK....sure would
>like to get the 7.1 in...very disappointed with 7.1 about now.....
>Is there some way I can get the 7.1 to load from the cd without the boot
>disk???
