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How do I configure win98 to boot from CD-ROM? I've tried setting the CD-ROM as the master boot drive in the BIOS but it just skipped over it. I'm trying to boot up with knoppix which I just downloaded. So my question is what do I need to do to get my computer to recognize a CD-ROM boot disk?
You need to make a boot disk for windows 98 that has standard atapi cd rom drivers on it. When they install from booting the floppy you will be able to access the cd rom in dos.
Windows 98 install cd-rom is not a bootable cd-rom.
(Windows ME,NT,2000,XP install cd-rom are bootable.)
So I think you need a 3.5" boot disk that maps the cd-rom for you.
Is your Win98 CD bootable ? u must make sure it first.
If it is not , u can make a boot disk from Start>Settings>Controll Panel>Add / Remove Programm.
And than click on "StartUp disk" tab menu and clcik "Create Disk" ... u put blank floopy disk into your Floopy Disk Drive and and then Reboot your Computer.
And in BIOS system , set the booting from FDD and then Restart your computer.
If it isn't work either, replace ur CD-ROM with other one or Replace the Win98 Disc with Other Bootable Disc... if that isn't work well .. i don't know what should i say.
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This doesn't have anything to do with Win98. It has to do with BIOS settings.
Do you have multiple CDRoms?
I had this problem at work. I had two CDRoms and the BIOS was set to just boot from one of them.
I set my BIOS boot like this:
CD-ROM (CD1, then CD2)
Hard Drive
Removable Media
Another thing I would check is: Is the knoppix disk that you made any good?
I burned a couple duds and they wouldn't boot.
I just downloaded knoppix straight to the cd. Is there something I needed to do to make it bootable? If so, can I just copy what I burned except make it bootable?
did you download the iso ? or an archive or just a bunch of files ? did you check the md5 checksums ?
edit: I did assume the boot device order is cdrom before the hd ... did you do that (in the bios) ?
I did download the iso. And I had the cdrom before the hd in the BIOS. How do you check the md5 checksums?
Ok, if you downloaded the ISO right to the CD, it won't work. You will have to copy the ISO from the CD to your computer. From there, doubleclick on the ISO. Your burning software should come up. If not, go into your burning software and "create cd from disk image". Select the knoppix ISO and start the cd creation.Quote:
I just downloaded knoppix straight to the cd. Is there something I needed to do to make it bootable? If so, can I just copy what I burned except make it bootable?
That will create a bootable knoppix disk.
In the format you have it now... it is just one file on the CD. (the image of the CD)
The ISO will create the directory structure and make it bootable.
I'll try that thanks.
when burning the knoppix cd there is the data cd option and the other formats which include:
Audio+Data mix, Video CD, and create cd from image file. I'm supposed to choose data right?
I just wanted to be sure. I don't see an option for making a bootable cd.
Thanks
You choose "create cd from image file."
when I select "create cd from image file" and choose the file it tells me that the entered block size does not correspond with the image length. And it wants to know if I want to correct it. Should I do this or not? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to be sure I do it right.
Thanks.
www.xcopy32.com/bootdisks.htm
Make a Win 98 boot disk from here
Thanks for the input NeuTron, but I was trying to boot up Knoppix.
Thanks anyways.
what burning software are you trying to use?
I use nero personally and to make a knoppix disk i have to start nero, then cancel the wizards, then from the file menu you select burn image (I believe).. then select your knoppix iso, and hit the burn or write button then sit and relax. when it's done, you should beable to browse the cd and see various folders.
with the cd made, you need to set your boot order in your bios to put the cdrom before the hdd.. with that done you should be booting off it in no time.
create a startup disk from the add/remove programs and use it to boot and select the option "1" so that your cd roms can be accessed from dos.
then, change the settings in bios,
in the bios we have an option to select the first booting device, second booting device and third booting device, so you select the cd- rom to be the first booting device and select hard disk to be second booting device and floppy to be the third booting device.
I think you can achive wtthe thing you wannt, your system searches for cd-rom to boot from first, if not found then checks hard disk and boots in
for the case I told earlier, that is making startup disk, and continued, for that case, kep floppe as ther first booting device and cd-rom as the third booting device and leave hard disk(generally if you have single hard disk it is HDD-0) as second booting device
Thanks all. I redownloaded knoppix and it ran fine except for not having enough ram for the kde desktop. Thank you everyone for you input. I couldn't have done this without you.
you should use the create cd from image file then it may or may not ask for what type of image file
if as you said its an iso use the option that most likely says something like windows ISO format
if you are useing easy cd creator and i think a few others after the cd is almost complete
it will ask you if you want to make the cd bootable you do