my computer does not boot from cdrom
and i tried to boot from a floppy disk
but it will not let me, use the packages from the second cd.
this is very annoying as i cannot install games/ openoffice.og and kppp
i am trying to install mandrake linux 9.1

please help

email me if you want @ simon@armscottage.fsnet.co.uk

Have you looked In BIOS to see why your computer won't boot from CD?

My bios does not allow boot from cd

If the second disk was burned correctly you shouldn't have any problems. Check the download and the burned disk. The second disk is also bootable to an extent but boesn't have the installer that the first disk does.

If everything fails just using the forst disk install a basic system then you can install all the other apps you want later.

One more idea (if you haven't solved it yourself yet): Assuming you're talking about the download edition and not the PowerPack, and you have a high-speed Internet connection (that or a lot of patience!), then you can just download network.img from any of the servers, use rawwritewin on Windows or dd on Linux to write the image to a floppy, and then install directly from the Internet. That's what I did to install 'drake 9.2, as my CD-burner couldn't handle the second CD (it thought it was too big). I just let it run all night, and I had a working Mandrake Linux 9.2 system in the morning.

--Mike
Mandrake 9.2, Libranet 2.8, Win98SE, Win2K