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rick420
03-09-2001, 11:03 PM
I was just about to attempt to install Mandrake 7.2 for the first time, when I ran into a problem. I cant boot from the CD for some reason. I can boot from Windows CDs just fine, but my computer doesnt even recognize this CD. I downloaded the iso from linuxiso.org and burned it using fireburner(which I always use to burn iso/bin) and it burned just fine. I tried using isobuster to look at it, and it wont open it either. I have reburned already--same thing. Could I have d/l a bad iso or am I just making some really stupid newbie mistake? Any ideas?
sincka
03-10-2001, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by rick420:
Could I have d/l a bad iso or am I just making some really stupid newbie mistake? Any ideas?
Did you enable the "bootup from CD" option in the BIOS?
[ 09 March 2001: Message edited by: sincka ]
Tyr-7BE
03-10-2001, 01:07 AM
Is it possible to extract the iso onto your harddrive using a windows extractor? If it is, then chances are the ISO isn't bad. Give it a try, cause those things are HUGE and you don't wanna be downloading them all the time.
rick420
03-10-2001, 02:37 AM
just redownloaded and it worked fine--I guess it was a bad iso