Damn... No your DVD thingy shouldn't be a problem. In fact its not even an issue.
hm Well I can send you offlist a program called Rawrite (windows version) or you can grab it from the net...use that to try writing a boot diskette. Other than that...I am truly stumped. Any other poster out there wanna lend some advice/ideas!? Femme John Lynch wrote: > > Nope. > > I used 4 differen't floppies. > NONE of them worked. > > they all did before I used them. > > Would it be because I have a DVDrom drive? > > would i need to use a different CD image file? > > I set it up the way you said, with the cd. > > >From: FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed Boot > >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:07:20 -0700 > > > >Did you use a thing like Rawrite? The cd should autoplay in > >windows...and has an option on the screen that comes up to write a boot > >disk. Push that button! :) > > > >Probably a dead floppy. Try again. > > > >Silly but true. And for a boot option in the BIOS, there may not be > >one, unless you care to update your bios *flash it* & see if they now > >provide one. > > > >I'm sorry if I went over your head here however those are the options I > >now of that you have available. > > > >Femme > > > >John Lynch wrote: > > > > > > I downloaded Mandrake, opened it up, burnt it onto a cd like it told me > >to, > > > then it asks me if I want to read a guide, or create a boot disk create > >a > > > boot disk. > > > I can't work out how to edit the BIOS on my computer to read from the CD > > > (when I restart it and press F8 when it reads the floppy it brings me to > >a > > > set of options, none of them edit the boot disk.) > > > > > > SO I create a boot disk. > > > Restart my computer, and it reads off it, then says failed boot. > > > > > > WHAT am I doing wrong? > > > I followed the instructions, copied over the cd img file like it said, > >and > > > it still don't work. > > > > > > I have a CD burner (E: drive) and a DVD rom (D: drive) > > > > > > what do I do? > > > > > > thankyou for helping me. > > > > > > John > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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