1) Keep the CD in the CD-ROM
2) Go into your BIOS and temporarily change the boot device to your CD-ROM
3) Reboot your PC
4) The Linux installation should boot off your CD
5) After installation, you can change the boot device to the original
settings
HTH,
Matt
>From: "vishal bansal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1 Installation
>Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:09:16 PST
>
>Hi folks:
>
>I am trying to install Linux-mandrake 6.1. I am using linux boot disk.
>After entering the key board entry as us, I come to the intallation screen
>where I am asked which media am I going to use for installation. The
>options
>listed are:
>
>1. NFS image 2. FTP 3. HTTP
>
>But my installation media is the CD-ROM. I was expecting one of the options
>as Local CD-ROM.I am not using any PC cards and have no PCMIA sockets.
>
>What should I do?
>
>-Vishal.
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