HD boots directly to Win98

Forum: HD Install
Topic: HD boots directly to Win98
started by: qrtback10

Posted by qrtback10 on Nov. 16 2006,07:04

I have 4 HDs with the same problem. I know it is not the cpu. When I try booting dsl from the cdrom/cdrw it skips directly to the original win95/98 etc. So it is not like the HD is bad...any suggestions on how to boot/install DSL to the HD? Thanks!

Posted by skaos on Nov. 16 2006,10:43

Could be a bios setting - set the bios boot sequence to boot the cd drive before any hard disk.

Posted by qrtback10 on Nov. 20 2006,05:10

Thanks I will try that!

Posted by qrtback10 on Nov. 20 2006,05:51

When I startup the computer I press all the keys that would normally take me into bios setting and it is almost like it doenst recognize what I am trying to do! It continues booting win95/98. If I boot from cd, the computer will recognize it. Can I boot from cd without a hard drive to get the dsl boot started, and then connect the hard drive? How can I get dsl to recognize that the hd is connected? I have tried using fdisk -l, cfdisk, among others all to no avail! This is really frustrating! fdisk -l doesnt do a thing it just moves down one line!! Any help would be much appreciated!!

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Nov. 20 2006,14:23

Make sure you are using root and that you are targetting the correct device.

Since your device is already useable, you can use `ls -l /mnt/*` to see if they are readily for use by DSL.