Is there anyway to use the disk utilities to mount write the bootdisk
to my local hard drive and then use it to launch the installation
from the CD? I have a laptop that can have a CD or it can have a
floppy but it can't have both at the same time and it can't hot swap
between them -neither can
So far I have tried the CD only. When using the PCPLUS cd-rom i cannot
create a boot disk, I get the message LoadLibrary16 failed!
I have tried to set the bios to boot from CD, but my bios doesnt handle
that. It can only boot from disk or hd.
Make sure that the cd is in the drive and then
Hazel Norman Teferle wrote:
So far I have tried the CD only. When using the PCPLUS cd-rom i cannot
create a boot disk, I get the message LoadLibrary16 failed!
I have tried to set the bios to boot from CD, but my bios doesnt handle
I had exactly the same prob. with the PCPlus CD,
I
Thanks to Paul and Alan.
I have managed to create a boot disk with rawrite. I can now also boot from
the cdrom and get into the DrakX installation program were I encounter my
next dilemma.
What to do in the Setup Filesystems menu?
Do I say OK when DrakX needs to resize my Windows partition? or
Are you booting from the CD, or using a boot disk? Apparently there are
problems when booting from the CD.
-Original Message-
From: Hazel Norman Teferle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 02 April 2000 22:33
To: newbie newsgroup
Subject: [newbie] Linux for Windows Installation Help
At 23:13 02/04/00 , you wrote:
Are you booting from the CD, or using a boot disk? Apparently there are
problems when booting from the CD.
See http://www.pcplus.co.uk/discs/
Ken Rodgers
