Is it possible that they are 700 Meg cds and his CDreader can't read it? That was an issue for RH 7.3, and they've returned to 650.
If you know him well, maybe you can get the CDs back, and try them in your machine. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "b-r-i-a-n -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Installing Mandrake 9 with Win XP > Actually guys I gave him those CDs. I've used them before myself and > nothing was wrong with them, they worked flawlessly (and I did do the > checksum on them). I think it might be a scratch or something as the CD > apparently can't be read at all now. > > anyway... :-) > > - Brian - > > >From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Installing Mandrake 9 with Win XP > >Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 23:27:05 -0700 > > > >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 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >
