Mandrake boot disk problems

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I am trying to install Mandrake linux on an older computer of mine. The BIOS on that computer is old, so it doesn't support booting from a CD-Rom. I made a boot disk using the rawrite tool and the provided cd image, but if I boot my computer with the floppy boot disk in and cd in, but the computer just says the following:

SYSLINUX 1.67 Mandrake Linux Boot Failed

I have tried some other boot disk images, but with no luck.

Any suggestions on how I could get the boot disk to work?

[mdwatts]

I found the following with a G4L search for your error message.


Yeah, this is a very common problem with rawrite, especially if you used an older floppy. I'd try a new one.


So try using other diskettes (new if possible).