Re: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM
Grace,
Try my way : make a bootdisk from your Win98 - must have drivers to use
your cdrom drive. Use this disk to boot to DOS, that is when boot process
is completed you see A: on the monitor - insert linux cd into the cdrom
drive - type cd C: {if you cdrom has been detected as C: else change
accordingly} -cd dosutils - cd autoboot - cd mdkinst -{type} cdrom.bat
- press [Enter] on keyboard; installation should start. Follow the
installation menu. At one stage you are 'asked' for the 'Extension CD'; if
you do not have it press [Esc] on the keyboard, press [Esc] again to exit.
This is long winded, but that was what worked for me. HTH
At 04:51 PM 14-11-2000 +, you wrote:
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From: Grace Becongco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake
7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM
Upon running the autorun on the DosUtils directory (from Win
98 of course),
Re: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM
Grace , it sounds to me as though there is no partition allocated to Linux (is this the case?). If so Linux cannot install , you need to allocate space first. Assuming you've not done that , e-mail me personally if you wish and I'll try to go through this with you. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Grace Becongco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:38 AM Subject: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM A newbie's problem (so pardon me if this may sound stupid). I'm installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 on a Pentium PC. I just wanted to try my hands on it. Upon running the autorun on the DosUtils directory (from Win 98 of course), I click on the "Complete Installation option". The system reboots and goes to the installation process. The thing is, I cannot get past the CDROM Initialization screen. It gives me options but I can't seem to find the right module. I figured out it any IDE/ATAPI driver would suffice. But its not working. Autoprobe cannot find the darn CDROM. Maybe my CDROM drive (EPO CR-844S CDROM)is not supported. I even turned the PNP OS off. Has anyone encountered this? Any solution from the gurus out there?
