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Old 08-15-2005, 09:04 PM   #1
Sir_Scuba
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Please help with installation


Hello I am tring to install Linux on my system in hopes to learning it good so I can make the change. My problem is I downloaded the three images to burn that install Mandrvia 10.1 but when I put the cd in and reboot I get unable to start DOS! i have no idea wht is goin on can someone please help me?
 
Old 08-15-2005, 09:08 PM   #2
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First make sure you burned the .iso images correctly as images, then make sure your bios is set to boot from your CDR... Unable to start DOS usually indicates a drive in the floppy disk bay... the CDR would not give an error like that.

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Old 08-15-2005, 09:09 PM   #3
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ok I will check to make sure I burned everything right thanx
 
  


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