On Monday 07 February 2005 04:40, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> happens. I rebooted with disc in situ and get the window with
> the two options " press F1' and "enter to install" Looked at F1
> and then pressed enter. It appeared to start installing but then
> the monitor went black, with the words "proceeding, please wait
> ..." I waited 20 mins but no activity apparent i.e. no noise
> from box, and the indicator light not lit.
>
> How long should I wait? Could it be my BIOS settings still.
>
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Thanks Rosemary
>
>
> Eh... forgive me if I ask a dumb question, Rosemary :
>
> You aren't by any chance trying to install Mandrake from within
> Windows, right ?
>
> The part that gives me such notions is :
>
> " I put the first disc in and the options highlight when I hover
> the cursor. Clicking on the right hand options of "discover on
> line store", receive assistance" and 'keep your computer up to
> date' cause Firefox to load and a request to connect to
> internet."
>
> In order to install a new operating system, you'll have to shut
> down the 'puter, place the install CD in the cupholder and power
> on. Then, you will not have any cursor, firefox, "discover" or
> "assistance" messages until the whole caboodle is up and running.
> Instead you'll see an old-fashioned text screen reading something
> like " In second stage install".
>
> If I'm totally wrong, please ignore this post. I didn't mean to
> insult you.
>
> Yes - I was initially then realised I needed to reboot and did so
> - see above. How long should that process take? I'll have
> another try anway. Thanks for replying.
>
> Rosemary
Sorry for misreading you, Rosemary....
The boot process on a relatively new system will start almost
immediately, and the whole install-procedure anywhere between 15
minutes and several hours, depending on the amount of applications
you want to install.
Sometimes it refuses to boot from CD1, in that case try CD2, it'll
prompt you to change disks later on.
BTW two things :
1. please don't post in html. Most people here filter html-messages
out before they get read.
2. please remove your "reply to" field in your mailer. If not,
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Welcome to Linux, Rosemary.
Kaj Haulrich.
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