From: Egan Orion 

You can also find your cdrom device in the /dev tree (mine is SCSI, so it's
at /dev/scd0) and mount it:

   mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

Then, in the /images directory on CD1, you'll find the file cdrom.img and
you can copy that to a blank floppy:

   dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0

When you boot from that floppy, it will boot from the cdrom.

Hope that helps.

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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