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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Diane Arsenault
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:57 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake
9.0
Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary
master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on "Auto".
Diane
P.S. I have checked the cables - all is well
(Simon wrote the following to me):
just a thought here....
if you go back to your bios menu...
usually F1 wil take you to the IDE device list/settings screen
you'll see something like this>
if you have a hard drive as master and cdrom as slave
channel type start end blocks type
1 IDE 0001 8787 8787 block
2 - - - - AUTO
seting AUTO on device 2 tells the bios to autodetect at bootup this solved
to
problem on my p133 server which wouldnt boot from cdrom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Prosser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
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On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 5:23 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote:
> 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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HTH
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> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
I think this is the problem, the cdrom or cdrw one or the other should be connected as Primary Slave to the Primary Master hard drive. I believe this is why you are not booting from cdrom. Try changing the cable and make sure the jumper on the cd device is set as slave. You should get a cdrom boot then, HTH Dennis M.
