Boot from CD

[squirellplaying]

I have just downloaded MandrakeMove, and I can not get it to work.

First I downloaded MandrakeMove from their FTP site and saved it to my hard drive. Then used my cd-burner to create a boot disk(or so I thought). It asked me to insert a bootable floppy drive, so I created one by going to my computer>a drive>format>create MS-DOS start disk. Then continued to burn the cd, by inserting the floppy it asked for then adding the .iso file to the cd. I restart my computer, and when it gets to the boot from cdrom I get:

1. FD 1.44MB System Type-(19)
Starting...


A:\>

A:\>[little _ to type]

Then it just sits. Is that suppose to happen and what do I type?

[Celtboy]

eject the floppy disk. try to boot with just the cd.

[squirellplaying]

There is no floppy in there. Just the cd.

[oracleguy]

You sure the iso wasn't bootable to begin with?

[squirellplaying]

I did try burning the iso directly to a CD, but on the boot, it was just ignored.

[bcarl314]

Is your BIOS set to boot from your CD ROM? I think they're usually set to check the Floopy 1st then the HD. You may need to change the setting in your BIOS.

[super kobs]

If the BIOS settings do not work, you didnt burn it properly.

[squirellplaying]

The BOIS settings are CDROM, Floppy, then hard drive. How could I not burn it correctly. Theres only 2 buttons to push. The create boot disk and burn button. What did I do wrong.

[sage45]

Here is what you most likely did. Your bootable ISO is a separate entity from the burned content is what is sounds like... So to me, sounds like you need to load cdrom drivers...

-sage-

[Celtboy]

which would be on that boot floppy you made.

[bcarl314]

You could also try installing using NFS, FTP or HTTP.

[squirellplaying]

Originally posted by Celtboy
which would be on that boot floppy you made.

So I just put the floppy in to load the drivers, and the cd I burned and it should work?

You could also try installing using NFS, FTP or HTTP.

I don't know how to do that. I downloaded it from an FTP site and it said to create a boot disk from it. So I did. Atleast I thought. This is agravating me.