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? -- -scot