<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> Ok, here is an example of the Error that I’m receiving: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> ISOLINUX 2.11 2004-08-16 isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it... isolinux: Extremely broken BIOS detected, last ditch attempt with drive = 9F isolinux: Disk error 01, AX = 4209, drive 9F Boot failed: press a key to retry... <o:p> </o:p> Here is my machine: <o:p> </o:p> Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200 RAM: 2 Gig Video: ATI X800 Sound: SoundBlaster & Retek AC’97 (Onboard) LAN: Marvell <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State><st1:place>Yukon</st1:place></st1:State> 88E8001/8003/810 (Onboard) Secondary IDE: Inclose ID ATA66-2C (2 Cards Total) SCSI: AMD PCI Drives: Samsung SV4002H 40 Gig Maxtor 96147H8 60 Gig Maxtor 4G160J8 160 Gig Sony DVD DDU220E Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWND2 Quantum 4 Gig TM3840A Seagate ST329OA NEC CDROM 465 SCSI Sony CDRW CRX14SS SCSI <o:p> </o:p> When I tried to install, I took two different routes, first was a SCSI install (which had worked before) and the bios didn’t pick up on the disk at all. Second was from an IDE boot and it posted the previous error. In that time I spent a whole day trying to figure out how to install Fedora Core 4 from floppy and I haven’t found a way to do it. <o:p> </o:p> All of the images that I find from Redhat are too big for that type of medium and I don’t have a flash drive or any other type that is required. Also, I spent the rest of the day trying to make a Boot Disk from http://syslinux.zytor.com/sbm but I was never successful. I could make the floppy bootable with the *.sys file that was provided but I couldn’t get the program to access the drive after that or figure out what files to copy so ldlinux.sys was the only file that I was aware of. <o:p> </o:p> I know what the obvious answer is and its one that I’m really avoiding for two reasons. I know that to track the hardware down that it doesn’t like I should completely tear the machine down and add one thing at a time after install. This is undesirable for two reasons: <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">it would take almost 2 days worth of work</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">anytime Windows has to reassign memory addresses, you run the risk of the OS shutting down with Windows 2000</LI></OL> <o:p> </o:p> So does anyone have another work around?<o:p></o:p></DIV></BODY></HTML>