If you can view a list of directories in Explorer then the CD was written
correctly.
Are you running the Mandrake installation from your CD-RW drive or from a
CD-ROM drive?
If you are using a CD-ROM drive it is possible, especially if it is an older
drive, that the drive can not read CD-RWs.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Johnson
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 installation problem
>
>
> I did 'create cd from CD image'. Explorer shows lists of
> directories/files.
> The CD-RW does boot.
> I assume Mandrake can read the CD-RW or I would get a different error.
> I don't know what test is failing....
> I downloaded an iso file from a different site and the same
> thing happened.
> How can I check that the CD-RW was written properly???
>
> Thanks for any help
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 installation problem
>
>
> > in windows what does explorer show as the contents of the
> cd's, iso files
> or
> > a list of directories and files?
> > i.e. did you 'create a cd from an image' or did you drag
> and drop the iso
> > files to the cd listing before burning?
> >
> > bascule
> > >
> > >
> > > I downloaded the two Mandrake 7.2 iso files and validated
> the md5 sums.
> > > I burned my own CD-RWs with Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4. I
> created the
> CD-RWs
> > > from the iso images. Selecting Create CD & Disc-at-once
> options (I also
> > > tried Track-at Once).
> > > The CD-RWs burned successfully.
> > >
> > > I rooted[booted] from the install CD-RW and after it got to the
> initializing CDROM
> > > point, I got a message
> > > saying that the CDROM device did not seem to contain a
> Linux Mandrake
> CDROM.
> > >
> > > Any Ideas about what is causing this message?
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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