On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, John Hanna wrote:
> >%_Hello,
> my name is John, I'm from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
> I've been using Mandrake Linux starting with version 6, then 6.1 and a couple of
>days ago I checked the web site and found out that 7.0 was released. So I downloaded
>the ISO (yes on a cable modem :) ) and made a CD. but when I try to install it I get
>to the step where it said that it's initializing cd rom and it just sits there...
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> P.S. I don't know if that makes any different but I'm booting with a windows start
>up disk and using /dosutils/autoboot/autoboot.bat to start the install and when it
>asks to put the CD in, I already have it in.
>
John....make a LINUX boot floppy or boot directly off the CDROM. Don't
start with a Windows system disk! I'm guessing that's your problem!
Does your machine support booting from CD? If so, try that.
John
