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Old 07-29-2005, 10:22 PM   #1
dudeman41465
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Need a Linux Startup Disk


I have installed Mandrake 10.1 on my computer and want to put on my brother's computer as well because Windows ME is crashing up a storm and his computer won't boot from CD-ROM so I can't install Mandrake the way I did on this machine. Where in Mandrake 10.1 would I go to make a startup floppy disk that I can use to jump start the installation process on a computer that is not compatable with CD-ROM booting?
 
Old 07-29-2005, 10:39 PM   #2
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If you still can boot into Windows, Mandrake comes with tools for creating a Linux boot disk in Windows. According to Mandy's manual, this is what you do:

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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".
 
Old 07-29-2005, 11:02 PM   #3
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Wrong File

I managed to find that file but apparently it is meant to help jump start a system that already has Linux on it because it starts up and then just says boot failed. I'll keep trying though.
 
  


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