Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install
Can you read the CDs under Windows? Do you see just one large file with a .iso extension on each, or do you see a "full" directory structure? If you see just one large file with a .iso extension, you've put the iso file on the CD rather than the iso image. Those are probably the wrong words to use, but if that's what you've got, that's a problem. In Easy CD Creator you want to "Create CD from Disk Image", and the iso file is the image. (You will have to tell Easy Creator to display images with a .iso extension instead of their default (proprietary) extension when you go through the choose file step. Hope this helps! Randy Kramer William V. Clemens wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying to install 8.0. I downloaded > the two iso images, burned them, > and when I put the inst CD in the drive, it > just sits there (under w98/2000). > > I downloaded the iso images through IE, and burned them on a W98 platform > usin Easy-CD Creator (the Adaptec one). It looked like the right setup. > > Is the idea that it will boot from the CD > when the machine is restarted? If > so, what about creating a floppy to boot > with, that then will start the > install from the cd? > > My box is a formerly naked PC, with ASUS P5A board, 392MB RAM, CyberDrive > CD, Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card for the CD. When this SCSI/CD combo was on > a former machine, I was able to use it to install RH6.1, but it needed a > boot disk. After installing RH, it was never able to access the CD again, > and I got busy with other stuff. The current box runs W2000, but less so > in the future, hopefully. > > If I want to make a floppy to start the installation, where do I do that? > Can I use one from the Mandrake 7.1 installation? > > I need a few suggestions. Thanks in advance. > > William
Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install
Do you have the BIOS on this box configured so that it reads the cd, then the floppy then the Hard Drive? It sounds like thats what you need to do, so that when you do a reboot it see the CD first and then will load the Mandrake installation program. --- "William V. Clemens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install 8.0. I downloaded > the two iso images, burned them, > and when I put the inst CD in the drive, it > just sits there (under w98/2000). > > I downloaded the iso images through IE, and burned > them on a W98 platform > usin Easy-CD Creator (the Adaptec one). It looked > like the right setup. > > Is the idea that it will boot from the CD > when the machine is restarted? If > so, what about creating a floppy to boot > with, that then will start the > install from the cd? > > My box is a formerly naked PC, with ASUS P5A board, > 392MB RAM, CyberDrive > CD, Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card for the CD. When this > SCSI/CD combo was on > a former machine, I was able to use it to install > RH6.1, but it needed a > boot disk. After installing RH, it was never able to > access the CD again, > and I got busy with other stuff. The current box > runs W2000, but less so > in the future, hopefully. > > If I want to make a floppy to start the > installation, where do I do that? > Can I use one from the Mandrake 7.1 installation? > > > > I need a few suggestions. Thanks in advance. > > William > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install
You should be able to modify your bios so that you can boot off a cd-rom. Failing that, there are a bunch of utilities in the /dosutils/ directory. I believe there is a rawrite program that will create a boot disk from the image, also in that directory. On Thu, 03 May 2001 10:14:26 -0700, William V. Clemens wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install 8.0. I downloaded > the two iso images, burned them, > and when I put the inst CD in the drive, it > just sits there (under w98/2000). > > I downloaded the iso images through IE, and burned them on a W98 platform > usin Easy-CD Creator (the Adaptec one). It looked like the right setup. > > Is the idea that it will boot from the CD > when the machine is restarted? If > so, what about creating a floppy to boot > with, that then will start the > install from the cd? > > My box is a formerly naked PC, with ASUS P5A board, 392MB RAM, CyberDrive > CD, Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card for the CD. When this SCSI/CD combo was on > a former machine, I was able to use it to install RH6.1, but it needed a > boot disk. After installing RH, it was never able to access the CD again, > and I got busy with other stuff. The current box runs W2000, but less so > in the future, hopefully. > > If I want to make a floppy to start the installation, where do I do that? > Can I use one from the Mandrake 7.1 installation? > > > > I need a few suggestions. Thanks in advance. > > William > > "He felt his body divide in half, one part hot, one part cold, one part hard, one part soft, one part trembling, and one part not trembling, each half grinding against the other." -Ray Bradbury"He felt his body divide in half, one part hot, one part cold, one part hard, one part soft, one part trembling, and one part not trembling, each half grinding against the other." -Ray Bradbury ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/
[newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install
Hi, I'm trying to install 8.0. I downloaded the two iso images, burned them, and when I put the inst CD in the drive, it just sits there (under w98/2000). I downloaded the iso images through IE, and burned them on a W98 platform usin Easy-CD Creator (the Adaptec one). It looked like the right setup. Is the idea that it will boot from the CD when the machine is restarted? If so, what about creating a floppy to boot with, that then will start the install from the cd? My box is a formerly naked PC, with ASUS P5A board, 392MB RAM, CyberDrive CD, Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card for the CD. When this SCSI/CD combo was on a former machine, I was able to use it to install RH6.1, but it needed a boot disk. After installing RH, it was never able to access the CD again, and I got busy with other stuff. The current box runs W2000, but less so in the future, hopefully. If I want to make a floppy to start the installation, where do I do that? Can I use one from the Mandrake 7.1 installation? I need a few suggestions. Thanks in advance. William
