On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400
Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I
> don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know
> mine won't boot from cd.
Especially Comcrap, from personal experience. You ca
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Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] laptop install problems
> On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 9:01 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 9:44 pm, Claire Suttle wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've just downloaded the
Hello Todd,
on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400GMT (24.08.03, 18:41 +0200GMT here),
you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :
> Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I
> don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know
> mine won't boot from cd.
Neither
On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 11:15:24AM -0400, HaywireMac wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2003 14:55:52 +1000
> Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> > Aren't you able to specify in the BIOS what the default booting device
> > is?
>
> Beatcha to it again mate...
Some of us with older hardware might not be
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:36:52 +0200
Frans Ketelaars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> Can't you just (auto)run the first CD from windows?
Damn, d00d, that's not complicated enough! LOL! ;-)
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On 24 Aug 2003 14:55:52 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Aren't you able to specify in the BIOS what the default booting device
> is?
Beatcha to it again mate...
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On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 9:44 pm, Claire Suttle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto
> a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't boot from
> cd's, and the cd drive is interchangeable with the floppy drive. If I try
> to boot
Hi,
I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto
a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't boot from cd's,
and the cd drive is interchangeable with the floppy drive. If I try to boot
from the floppy, then switch drives, the cd drive isn't recognise
