Mandrake 9 and win xp

Sympatico_ · 09-27-2004, 08:04 PM

Hi all
I have two hard drives, the firs one has Win Xp and the second is empty.
i am trying to install mandrake 9 on the socond drive but i can t boot from the cd to launch the installation.
can you tell me how to do it and how to make the system ask me to choose one of the Os from the beginning !
thx

kilgoretrout · 09-27-2004, 09:40 PM

You have to go into your biso setup program and set the boot order to cdrom, floppy, hard drive assuming your bios is capable of booting a cd. Check your documentaion to see how to get into the bios setup. You usually have to hit the Del or F1 or F2 key as soon as the computer starts to boot.

Electronkz · 09-27-2004, 10:04 PM

Well first check that you have your BIOS setup correctly.
Press DEL or [F2] or other(depends of the Computer) right after you hear the BIOS beep saying "I´m Ok"

There you select how your system will boot, make sure that your CD/DVD drive is first.
Now it should work.
When you install, make sure you install lilo or grub, i think Mandrake use lilo, then choose to install it in the MBR(Master Boot Record), you can choose to install it in the hard drive, it is up to you.
That´s all.