[KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!

[Eric Beversluis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Beversluis" <econophil at charter.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 1:59 AM
Subject: [KLUG Members] No CD-ROM Not!


> Well, I'm trying to install Mandriva on my new HDD on the Sony, using the
> CD-ROM drive that plugs into the PC Card slot. Starts out fine till I get 
> a
> message "No CD-ROM found"....
>
> Duh: what's it getting its stuff from to get to this point if there's no
> CD-ROM?
>
> I tried plugging a different external CD-ROM drive into the USB1 slot on 
> the computer, but it goes right to Windows (got XP installed "smoothly" in 
> "just" 3hrs and 40 minutes--straight install with all critical updates, no 
> snafus--just XP, no Office or other apps). I tried changing BIOS to boot 
> from "removable device," but that didn't help. It still went right to 
> Windows.
>
> EB
>
> Any ideas?
PS--I've installed two other versions of Mandrake without having this 
problem, using the same CDROM via PCMCIA slot.

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