From: Egan Orion 

You should be able to hit Delete when the bios announces itself and get
into bios settings configuration.  In there, it should allow you to set the
boot sequence.  Just set floppy->cdrom->hdd, then boot from the CD.

Egan


Bodi wrote:
> Egan Orion wrote:
>
>>You can try an Upgrade reinstall of Mandrake -- don't select any
>>packages (unless you want to add some).  It should detect your new
>>monitor characteristics and set up an 800x600 resolution for you.
>>
>
>
> Is there a command that will start the installer or at least the
> X-configuration part of it ... from a normal user or root prompt?
> I can't get the CD to boot when a bootable HDD exists, this is either a
> local glitch or common problem with the Abit BE6. I can boot from the
> floppy, but the Mandrake boot floppy I have only gives me the choice of
> booting from the hard drive - is there an option to go to CD that I don't
> know? (I know almost nothing about Unix/Linux)
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