[linux-help] Re: Can't mount cdrom

[bruce <bbales@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:30 am, you wrote:
> I hate to tell you this but on most Compaq machines you need to have a BIOS
> BOOT disk since it seems that you have formatted over the BIOS BOOT SECTOR
> of your systems harddrive when you installed Linux. Other wise it should be
> 'F-10' key

Thanks, David.  When I ran fdisk, there was a partition of two or three 
cylinders at the front which I reckoned was diagnostics or bios or something 
to leave - so I left it there.

This morning I downloaded two floppies of setup and tried it.  Compaq really 
isn't with the rest of the world.  I managed to add a small hard drive, but 
couldn't make it admit that someone would want to add a cdrom.  Nearest I 
could find was type 15 - 1 cylinder, 1 head, and 1 sector per cylinder.  I 
put that in and the hard drive is recognized, but still no cdrom.

Still struggling, 
bruce
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