My computer is an IBM IntelliStation M Pro (An older version) and I'm trying to install DSL on it, but I can't set it to boot from CD. I tried the Smart Boot Manager program, but when it starts up, I can't see my CD drives. My Windows 98SE installation isn't working right and I can only get in through safe mode. I checked the device manager and found that Windows detects my CD drives, so I'm pretty sure they're connected alright.

I really want to install DSL on my computer, but I can't find a way to fix my problem....I've been working on it for hours.......

Can anyone help me?

it could be that the cdrom is not the first boot device setup in your bios.

That's the problem, I can't set it to be the first boot device in my BIOS.

My BIOS won't recognize the CD-ROM drive.

I have encountered such problems only when there was master/slave configuration problem. check your hdd and cdrom jumper pins make sure one is master and the other slave.

Yep, that fixed it.....

Thanks a lot, I've been up all night trying to work around the lack of CD-ROM boot.....

It's always something simple that gets overlooked, huh?

well mostly.
I am glad you got it fixed.