help with install of debian and speakup!?

[BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net]

why aren't you booting up wiith a linux boot flopy if you are trying  
to install linux off a cd. doesn't that make more sense then a dos  
boot cd?
On Jan 14, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote:

> When i use the cd, it gives me the error, the only way I get anything
> besides the invalid system disk is if I have the 98 boot disk in  
> there, and
> it gives me a dos prompt.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" <blindtech at blindtechs.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."  
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:43 PM
> Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!?
>
>
>> Ty!
>> do you have a debian boot cd or boot floppy in the system when you
>> start it?
>> On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>>
>>> thats what I set it to, and I still get this invalid system disk
>>> thing...
>>> its like it wants windows 98 back. lol
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!?
>>>
>>>
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>>>> Somewhere in your BIOS settings there should be a boot order menu
>>>> or else
>>>> entries for first boot device, second boot device, etc.  Be sure  
>>>> your
>>>> floppy and
>>>> CD drives, in whatever order you like, boot before your hard
>>>> drive.  If
>>>> there is
>>>> no OS on your hard drive and your floppy and/or CD drive doesn't
>>>> attemp to
>>>> boot
>>>> first, you will get error messages and it will be impossible to
>>>> install
>>>> the OS
>>>> of your choice.  Some BIOS's allow booting from another device if
>>>> the hard
>>>> drive
>>>> fails, but I can't guarantee that they all do.  Your best bet is
>>>> to have
>>>> both
>>>> your floppy and CD drives boot before the hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Lorenzo
>>>> - --
>>>> Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
>>>> -- Mark Twain
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