Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > I have _NO_ experience with Windows ME - (only DOS, W95 and W98) BUT!!!! Surely
>you are able by some means to build an MSDOS boot floppy with suitable CDROM drivers
>on it to enable you to get to a point where you
>
> Why should you need it? Unless it's a really old machine, you should be
> able to go into the BIOS and tell it to be able to boot from a CD-ROM.
> Once done, the machine will come up with the Mandrake CD and DOS never
> enters the picture.
>
> Cheers --- Larry
Agreed Larry that _should_ be the case, however that was the only way
I could get things going on one beast I set up.
Note the BIOS problems on various mobos regarding for example HDD table
limits.
I'm from that old school which says go back to the lowest common
denominator
hence the suggestion.
Cheers
John
