Marc Herms wrote : > I have downloaded the iso file (Mandrake 7.0) and put it on CD (Easy CD > creator did everything for me, I just doubleclicked the iso file icon.). > > No problem so far. I can also boot from CD. All seems fine. > > BUT.. then it says LOADING.... and then "Loading second stage ramdisk" and > the cursor blinks on the right side for quite a long time. After a while (5 > minutes or so...) it says "initializing CDROM" and the cursor blinks on the > lower left... nothing else happens!! > > what`s up there and HOW can I resolve this? > > I have tried booting from floppy, but still when it goes to the CD to > install it, it blocks... > > Please send me some remedies URGENTLY !!! Thanks, > > Marc If you really can't have your cdrom drive recognized by the installation program, you should copy the cdrom on your hard drive, and try to install it from your HD
