> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:37 AM
> To: mandrake newbie
> Subject: [newbie] New Install, can't find CD
>
>
> Ok, this is so bad it hurts.
> I'm trying to load Mandrake 8.0 on an older box (an aging 75mhz
> Pentium), to set up as a firewall box.
> I've run Linux on it in the past, but it's been retired for a year or
> so.
>
>
> Anyway. I have to boot it from a floppy (it won't boot from a
> CD). So I
> made the floppy, and loaded the disk, and the CD, and hit the
> switch. It
> came up on the floppy ok, then it fails to find the CD. It's just a
> generic old IDE CD ROM drive. Nothing fancy (just older). The kernel
> seems to identify it on boot up, but the install program
> won't recognize
> it. it fails, then I get the option to pick one from a list.
> I do that,
> and it asks for options to boot from...
>
> This is way harder than it needs to be. :)
> any suggestions on how to get this thing to find the CD?
>
Try booting the installation from DOS. Since DOS will load a generic CD-ROM
driver hopefully it will allow 8.0 to see and access your drive.
With 8.0 in your drive boot your system with a win98 Start-up disk. Choose
the With CD-ROM
Support option.
I will be using N for my cd-rom. You will need to replace that with the
assignment which DOS gives to yours. The entries in ""s are those the system
issues, those without are the ones you are to enter:
"A:\>"N:\
"N:\>"cd\dosutils\autoboot
"N:\dosutils\autoboot>"autoboot.bat004
"C:\Mandrake>"cdrom
The Mandrake installation program will begin.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
