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Old 10-01-2002, 10:38 AM   #1
m4rqs
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mandrake 9.0 installation problems


Curently I have MDK82 and I wanted to upgrade it. When I put CD 1 to cdrom
installation doesn't begin,despite that I have choosed in BIOS to start
booting from cd. So I created a start floppy .When I choose in Lilo to boot
from floppy I got mesagge :" Boot failed" . What now?
Format Linux partition and remove Lilo?
 
Old 10-01-2002, 10:55 AM   #2
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Did you change your bios setting back to floppy as first boot device? Was there a floppy in the drive when you made your selection? In what environment did you create the start floppy?

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Old 10-01-2002, 12:31 PM   #3
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I have created floppy in Windows using rawwrite.exe which is
on CD1 install disc. I haven't changed BIOs settings.
 
Old 10-01-2002, 02:47 PM   #4
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Quote:
Originally posted by m4rqs
I have created floppy in Windows using rawwrite.exe which is
on CD1 install disc. I haven't changed BIOs settings.
Change your bios settings to reflect booting from floppy, then your floppy will boot.
Make a boot floppy with Windows
If your computer cannot boot from the CDROM and previous methods do not work, you must make a boot floppy under Windows as follows:
Insert the CDROM, then open the icon "My Computer", right click on the CDROM drive icon and select "Open"
go into the "dosutils" directory and double-click on the "rawwritewin" icon
insert a blank floppy in the floppy drive
select "D:\images\cdrom.img" in the "Image File" field (assuming that your CDROM drive is "D:", otherwise replace "D:" as needed)
select "A:" in the "Floppy Drive" field then click on "Write".
To begin the installation:


insert the CDROM in the drive, as well as the boot floppy, then
restart the computer.






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