Do you; by chance; have a bootable XP cd? If you can boot from another CD, ANY other CD, then I'd say you either DLed a bad image, or the burn was bad.
Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barclay Hambrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Installing Mandrake 9 with Win XP > Did that but on boot up it says "searching for Boot Record on CD Rom" --it > cannot find it then boots to WinXP from the HDD > > I also disabled Plug and Play as recommended by Mandrake website. > > At 08:03 PM 11/27/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On Wednesday 27 November 2002 07:57, Barclay Hambrook wrote: > > > I put first Mandrake CD into the CDrom and tried to install frm the CDRom > > > but it boots to Windows. > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > >if you go into the BIOS, is it set to boot from the CD-ROM before the hard > >disk? if not, change that and try again. > > > >- -- > >Aaron J. Seigo > >GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > > >"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > > - Albert Einstein > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQE95YeV1rcusafx20MRAqt8AJ0XHhZNFISorzU8XtSctJOhfxFx0ACfVvll > >gKgATxSGzRjQHXnHdRUKb9s= > >=gyPc > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 >
