Installation problem

From: Chris Langley (chris.langley_at_smallsprites.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:59:44 +0200

Hello everyone,

I'm having serious problems installing RedHat Linux 8 on a PC. I've got the
installation cd's burned and ready and I've also made a floppy boot disk. If
I try and boor from CD 1, it doesn't do anything at all. If I boot from the
floppy, it just says "boot failure" - and nothing happens.

Am I going about this the wrong way ? On all of the Linux websites (RedHat,
Mandrake...) it's written that it's really easy...

I'd appreciate any help.

Chris Langley

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