Sounds like your drive may be faulty. Any recent drive should be able to read
this CD with no trouble. Some DVD drives have problems when accessing
CD-ROMs, this is another possibility for your drive. You could try using some
sort of bootdisc (I believe the Mandrake site has instructions to do this),
and then try to install Linux.
Is it possible to get your hands on another Mandrake CD to test on your
system? There could be some slight imperfections on the disc that your DVD
drive may not like but CD readers can cope with. If you have a CD burner, you
can download Mandrake ISOs from sites like ftp://ftp.aarnet.edu.au and then
burn them to CD, although this may take a while, particularly if you don't
have something like cable or DSL Internet (by your e-mail address, I assume
you have ordinary Optus dial-up access).
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:35, Paul Williamson wrote:
> Thanks for replying!,
>
> I am booting from the CD on a DVD-Drive (very new!)
>
> I got it on The Linux Pocketbook (www.pocketbooks.net.au)
>
> thanx!
>
>
>
> Paul Williamson
>
> Contact:
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>
> Websites:
> http://paulw9.darktech.org/
> http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Paul Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
>
> > If the same CD works on other PCs, the problem may lie with your CD-ROM
> > drive. How old is your PC, and in particular your CD-ROM drive?
> >
> > Out of curiousity, what magazine did you get it from?
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:17, Paul Williamson wrote:
> > > nah i didnt, but it was one of those releases on a magazine cover. it
>
> works
>
> > > on some pcs, but not the one i want it ti\o..
> > >
> > > any other ideas ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Williamson
> > >
> > > Contact:
> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504)
> > >
> > > Websites:
> > > http://paulw9.darktech.org/
> > > http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:08 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
> > >
> > > > Did you burn your own Mandrake CD? I had the same problem, and I
> > > > later realised that I had a buffer underrun while burning. If that is
> > > > the
>
> case,
>
> > > you
> > >
> > > > will have to burn it again.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:34, Paul Williamson wrote:
> > > > > When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error :
> > > > >
> > > > > "error loading second stage ramdisk"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > How do I fix it??
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Williamson
> > > > >
> > > > > Contact:
> > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504)
> > > > >
> > > > > Websites:
> > > > > http://paulw9.darktech.org/
> > > > > http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> > > > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this
> > > > change.
> >
> > --
> > Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this
> > change.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
