Dianne,
You may need to go a step further and check your hardware
connections. Specifically the ribbon cable from your IDE controller to the
CD-rom drive itself. Check to see if this cable has come loose at all, if
it has, then this could be your problem. From what you described in your
previous post, sounds like your cd-rom failed during install, if you cables
are secure, then you may have purchased a defective cd-rom drive.
Good-luck, and welcome to the world of Linux!
-Jonathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake
> 9.0
>
>
> Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies.
>
> Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the
> top of the boot
> priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless.
>
> What now?
>
> Diane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adolfo Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "MDK Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing
> Mandrake 9.0
>
>
> > On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > 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)
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar
> > > problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out?
> > >
> > > Diane Arsenault
> > >
> >
> > Hi Diane:
> >
> > Welcome to the list and to Linux.
> >
> > First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from
> CD. When you
> > reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a
> message about
> > hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter).
> >
> > After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented
> options that you
> > can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find
> something like
> > "Drive order to boot from". If you can find it, select the CD as the
> > first unit to boot from.
> >
> > Let's try this and then post what you have got.
> > --
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> >
>
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