On 30 Jun 00, at 14:45, Andreas B. wrote:
> CD is bootable...my CD just cannot boot from ANY cdrom. (I tried using a 16x
> Toshiba and that cannot autoboot either).
The controls fo booting from the CD are in the BIOS. When you start
your machine and the RAM check is going on, press the DEL key, that
should drop you into the BIOS. Change the boot sequence so that CDROM
is 1st.
> Also, another problem I met yesterday was that, after I finished installing
> Mandrake without the X-Server and the system would start normally, then at
> the login prompt, it would refuse to accept my password although I would
> type it correctly (no caps lock was on...).
You have company!! I had a similar problem with an install. This
happened specifically I used the text mode setup, chose to install
"everything", and did not configure X. When it did'nt take root
password, I thought I had done something silly like forgetting my
password or typing it wrong during install. Finally did the dirty
thing, booting into runlevel 1 at lilo prompt and set things right.
This was with Mandrake 7.0
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