*smiles* No one puts up with anyone on this list *Except perhaps John Rigby*.
*shrugs* Don't sweat it, we all know how you feel *except perhaps civilme or Lyvim who are both using horseshoes up their butts*. Femme John Lynch wrote: > > thankyou, on my old computer it does that memory test so on this one it > should as well. I will try to find it now. > > I apologise if I seem abrupt or angry. > Just haven't had a good day today. > > Again i apologise. > and thankyou very much for putting up with me. > > >From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed Boot > >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 18:41:52 -0900 > > > >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 > >> > >Well, slow down and take a deep breath, first. > > > >Do you see a screen that shows a memory test when you are first starting > >your computer? > > > >If so, look arouns on that screen and see if it it says "Hit DEL for > >Setup" or words to that effect. It might instead ask for F1 or F10 or > >even ESC, but it will give you a 5-second window to go to configuration. > > > >THen you can navigate around. It will have some location which will > >offer you boot device ordering, showing the first as floppy, the second > >as HDD-0 the third as CDROM or something like that. > > > >Move CDROM to the first.... > > > >Save and Exit > > > >then put CD1 in and reboot. > > > >Civileme > > > > > > > > > >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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