invalid compressed format (err=1) Loadin is to blame?

[Colin Charles]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 01:14, David Hodge wrote:
> Trying to load fedora core 2 on a Dell Optiplex GX pro which does not
> support booting from cd-rom.  After several downloads, burning cd's, and
> running loadin (loadlin d:isolinux\vmlinuz initrd=d:isolinux\initrd.img)
>   I continue to get the compressed format error.

Try Smart Boot Manager: http://btmgr.sf.net/

That'll boot the floppy and you can pass control to the CDROM drive
afterward
-- 
Colin Charles, byte at aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi