philo wrote:

>
> <c__bennett@NOSmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:20080702134930.801$6b@newsreader.com...
>> I have both a downloaded copy and the CD from DSL's site. I have
>> changed the BIOS to boot from CD. Have also made a boot floppy from
>> the DSL cd, and changed the bios back to boot from A. Unable to so
>> far get to work.
> I
>> doubt that there is anything wrong with software or pc, got to be me
>> not doing something.
>>
>> Running: Win 98 SE (fully patched) on a P166 mmx, 3 gig hd, 64 meg
>> edo
>> ram, system.
>>
>> Boots back into 98 every time. Sees DSL in cd drive "e", but won't
> open.
>>
>> Suggestions please....
>>
>> Regards....
>>
>> Charles Bennett
>>
>> PS:: I would really like to move away from Windows entirely.
>>
>
>
> I've installed DSL on a few p1's with that amount of RAM
> and it worked fine.
> Since your bios supports booting from a CD...
> the problem may simply be that your CDROM is too old to read the cd
> that you burned.
> try popping in a newer 48x CDROM...
> I know I could not use any of those old 12x (or whatever) CDROMs to
> boot my machines

Yes I've found that very few of the CD drives less than 32X or 40X won't
read a burnt CD at all. A temporary fix is just to substitute a modern
DVD drive, do the install and the re-connect the original drive.

Don't forget to load a CD driver and MSCDEX from your boot floppy if you
use that method to read the CD without BIOS help. Useful for testing
CD drives.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.