I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD)
Welcome to the wonderful of Linux *smiles* I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the "Install Mandrake" button, a message appears saying "your computer will reboot ... installation will begin" (or to that effect). When I clicked "OK" - nothing happened. You should be able to fix so it boots in the computers BIOS SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. Can you use the CD-Rom in Windows? If no, does the computer BIOS see the CD-Rom? It probably is a IDE/ATAPI-CD (I am not sure what the drivers name is, but it is the most common type) Best Regards, Anders
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