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"Don" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If you really can't boot from CD or floppy even after changing the BIOS
> then... well, thats one busted computer. People here are obviously right
> that failure to boot from floppy or CD is not a linux issue. The same
> thing would happen if you were trying to install your new operating system
> over Win98.
>
> Seems to me the last ditch effort would be - yank the hard drive, stick it
> into another machien that does boot from CD, install, put it back into
> your server.
>
> Or buy a new machine that does boot from CD.
>
>
Unfortunately, my installs of W2K server don't like it when the drive is
moved from install machine to different machine. Seems the main board
components give the O/S an issue and it won't boot.
Doug
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