[newbie] Re: newbie-digest V1 #19 (bootable CD problem)

[Mindaugas Riauba]

>> >   Downloaded Mandrake distribution, recorded with usual parameters
>> > and computer does not recognise CD as bootable.
>I had the same problem, and burned two CD coasters before figuring it out.
>(When the second stage loader starts up, and freezes, using ALT-F3 to look
>at the bootup messages is very informative).


  Problem is not about boot-loader freezing. Problem is that CD is not
recognised as bootable by BIOS.

  Mindaugas