Can't install Mandrake 9.1 why?

gyk · 09-19-2003, 07:05 AM

I've partitioned my hard drive, i've lost win xp, reinstalled it after some
problems. Now my pc boots floppy, then cd, then hard drive, but when I get to
win xp to install mandrake says me to reboot it, it reboots and does
nothing, gets to win xp again. I've done a MS-dos boot disk but the
only disk I see is a: neither c: neither other partitions neither
nothing. I wish somebody could help me
Thanks a lot!!!!

ivanatora · 09-19-2003, 07:11 AM

Maybe the Mandrake CD is not bootable? There must be some instructions how to boot from a floppy, using rawrite. Search in the CD's directories.

UltimaGuy · 09-19-2003, 07:12 AM

I dont understand your question. If your hdd is partitioned in ntfs, then you cant read it using MS_DOS disk. If you want to boot into linux, you must have installed it into your MBR, or you must have a linux boot floppy.

gyk · 09-19-2003, 07:41 AM

Yes, I've tried to make a "install from floppy" but it requires an image to be written in the flopppy, what do I have to write?

MrSmee · 09-19-2003, 07:56 AM

use "rawrite" which you should find somewhere on your install cd's (try dos_utils or similar) and you should also see some kind of readme file that tells you how to make to bootable floppys and which images to use
Smee

mikeb222 · 09-19-2003, 08:14 AM

Are you working from a purchased mandrake CD set or a downloaded CD set?

If you downloaded, did you "create a CD from an iso image" or did you copy the iso file to the cd. There is a difference (although I'm not sure exactly what it is) If you "copied the iso file", the disc won't boot.

If you are working from a purchased set, you might have a bad CD. Test it on another box to see if it starts.

ginge12 · 09-20-2003, 04:49 AM

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Originally posted by gyk
problems. Now my pc boots floppy, then cd, then hard drive,

I know this is the most obvious question but have you set the boot sequence the boot "cdrom" first. I don`t want to insult your intelligence but I thought i`d ask.

Steve