cannot install mandrake 10

wogga · 06-09-2004, 06:27 PM

I was trying to install mandrake 10 over my copy of redhat 9, (is it worth it, some one told me that they are basically the same)

it seems that the mandrkae 10 is not bootable, the cd wont do anything when i am booting up.

i tried to check the contents of the cd in windows xp, and it self started when i tried to open it in windows explorer(would that suggest it is bootable?)

barrys · 06-09-2004, 06:36 PM

Both the dvd and cd's are bootable for Mandrake 10

If you have Fedora on it will need to allocate space for itself. It is not as reliable as allocating windows space.

You would be better remove Fedora in the mandrake Wizard. If you want to keep Fedora -not really a good idea as it is far behind Mandrake- then add another hard drive for Mandrake and boot from the cdrom or dvd.

jschiwal · 06-09-2004, 07:01 PM

I've read that some people have had a problem booting to the first install disk for some reason. The solution in that case is to boot up to the second install disk, then switch back to the first cd when prompted.

wogga · 06-10-2004, 05:26 AM

you mean instead of putting mandrake 10 disk 1 in, stick in mandrake 10 disk 2 and i will be prompted for disk 1?

esteeven · 06-10-2004, 07:27 AM

does absolutely nothing happen when you boot from the cdrom?? Does the CDROM light become active? Sorry to ask the obvious but are you 100% certain that your CDROM is boot device 1?

wogga · 06-10-2004, 09:46 AM

yes, i checked that.
i checked the boot sequence and better

i later on installed redhat 9.0 again using the cd rom, since i was missing some programs, (this newbie did not knwo the add/remove programs menu)