The CD drive is a bootable device (yes floppy is to...) and the boot loader looked for it first, when it didn't find it failed to boot. When it looked for the floppy first it dropped through the list to "1st IDE-HDD" or the "first boot device". This is all stuff that M$ puts in it's OS as well but it's hidden with many lines of code that search for hardware devices. BTW where ( in what file ) did you make the change? What boot loader are you using, Gimp, Lilo, ??? Sam. PHPTOm wrote: >I don't understand why having floopy first would change anything. > >The devices order was this: > >CD >Floppy >ARMD-HDD >ARMD-FDD > >I changed it to: > >Floppy >CD >ARMD-HDD >1st IDE-HDD > > >I don't know whether making floppy forst or adding "1st IDE-HDD" as the 4th >is what did it. I need to learn more about this stuff. > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >>[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Samuel MacDonald >>Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:19 PM >>To: TCLUG Mailing List >>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Mandrake boot issues >> >> >>Not for some reason, that was the reason. >>Boot order is the reason, flexability in boot loaders lets you go to a >>second or other disk if you want to. >> >>Sam. >> >> >>PHPTOm wrote: >> >> >> >>>I know that during install, I told Mandrake to use mbr. >>> >>> >>Changing the order >> >> >>>of my boot devices worked for some reason now. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tom, >>>> Are you positive that Mandrake is using the MBR? It almost sounds >>>>as if it's defaulting to the boot sector, not the MBR. >>>> >>>>-- >>>> >>>>Shawn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list