Loading Boot Failed

[jcl_1998]

I am a beginner to Linux. I have downloaded the ISO files for 8.0 from the RetHat FTP site and am now trying to install. I also have downloaded boot.img and used rawrite to disk. Every time I reboot my PC with the boot disk in the setup program starts. I then hit enter at the boot prompt and I keep geeting a "Loading Boot Failed" message. I have tryed it with several fresh copies of boot.img on new disks. The only thing I have not done is wipe out the XP installation I already have on the PC. Could this be the problem??? Does the RH Linux setup include a utility to format/partition??

[mdwatts]

Do you have a cdwriter so you can burn the iso image(s) to a cdr(w) and start the installation from cd instead of using the bootdisk image?

[jcl_1998]

I have tried to boot from CD it seems to ignore it.

[redcape]

You need to change your BIOS settings to make the CDROM drive bootable. Usually there is a list of boot devices, you must make sure it comes above the harddisk.

[kevinalm]

How exactly did you burn the iso images to the cd's using what burner program?

Sounds like maybe a problem with the cd's.

[xxispawn01xx]

u can use nero it burns it directly to cd, and is easy for anyone to do i use it for all my burning processes, u can also download isobuster, from www.isobuster.com , www.downloads.com ; what iso buster does is it extracts the images for u and then u can extract them to your hard drive