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by megtek

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Hi. Totally new to Linux here. Never once installed on my own. Problem is I cannot get my PC to boot off of Cd. I tried two different CD's. Then created a boot disk. Started the install. Gets to the part where it needs to access the CD and it tells me it cannot find the Redhat CD. I have tried the two different CD's, three different PC's. I am at a loss here. Help.

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by max2

You mentioned 3 different PC's are they the same model
and make? Also you will need to know if your CD-ROM is
a SCSI device or IDE. If SCSI you will need to make a
special boot disk since you can not boot off of CD. How
old are these PC's you are trying to use? Not being able
to boot from CD-ROM makes me think very old, which
could be the problem.

by megtek

I stated that I created a boot disk and started the install that way. Three different machines...different chipsets and hardware, etc. I determined that BOTH sets of disks I was trying to use were no-good. But thank you anyway for the help.

by nccorthu

Also you do have the CMos set to boot from CD.
Using rawwrite all the distributions have a load from Floppy setup that allows you to start the machine setup enough basics and then finish the loading from the CD.
You can make these floppies ( from 1 to3 depending on distribution) from any Dos or Windows Machine.

by megtek

I stated that I created a boot disk and started the install that way. Three different machines...different chipsets and hardware, etc. I determined that BOTH sets of disks I was trying to use were no-good. But thank you anyway for the help.

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