On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:55:25 +0000 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 25 Mar 2004 10:31, bmobile40 wrote: > > I've been trying to install mandrake10 for about a week now. > > I keep getting a boot failure when I try to boot from cd1. I've > > re-downloaded the iso image from 4 different locations and i > > still get the same error. I've tried boot the machine off of my > > fedora core 1 cd1, and don't have any problems, so I know my cd > > drive is working. > > Anyone else having this problem. It seems really odd that > > you'd get > > the same error with an iso downloaded from different locations. > > > > Jim > > What sort of boot failure? > If it does not recognise the disc is bootable, then you should > look at how you are burning the CD. It has to be burned as an iso > image. If when you browse the CD you see only 1 huge file, then it > has not been burned correctly. > > If however it barfs a short way into booting saying it cannot see > the CD, then that is a known problem with some CD drives. The > solution is to boot from CD2 and switch back to 1 when prompted. > > derek > -- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > Sounds like the infamous "boot from cd2 then switch to cd1" problem. Lot of that goin' on lately. Some boxes don't like cd1? Lee
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