Ok, this is so bad it hurts.
I'm trying to load Mandrake 8.0 on an older box (an aging 75mhz
Pentium), to set up as a firewall box.
I've run Linux on it in the past, but it's been retired for a year or
so.
Anyway. I have to boot it from a floppy (it won't boot from a CD). So I
made the floppy, and loaded the disk, and the CD, and hit the switch. It
came up on the floppy ok, then it fails to find the CD. It's just a
generic old IDE CD ROM drive. Nothing fancy (just older). The kernel
seems to identify it on boot up, but the install program won't recognize
it. it fails, then I get the option to pick one from a list. I do that,
and it asks for options to boot from...
This is way harder than it needs to be. :)
any suggestions on how to get this thing to find the CD?
Thanks!!
Ric
