can you give us more info:
- what distro are you using?
- IDE or SCSI system?
- if IDE, what's the layout of the drives:
 	ex:	primary master xxGB win2k
		2nd master IDE cdrom
		primary slave  xxGB (for linux)
		2nd slave      none
- are the drives jumpered properly?
- what OS/command(s) did you use to create the floppies?

Aside from that, we could help you at the next installfest.

Terry Houle wrote:
> I have been trying to get Linux on my main system as a dual boot. Having a
> heck of a time it does not seem to recognize the cdrom and start to boot
> from there as it should.  I have switched the cdr to the first position in
> the BIOS.
> I also tried to make a boot floppy but that did not work either. I have a
> second
> hard drive on there for the Linux install.
>  Any simple suggestions?

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-scot