"Can't find CD, insert additional driver floppy". But, it's booted from CD!

From: notgiven (gary_at_nospam.com)
Date: 03/31/05


Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:27:10 -0500

I'm trying to install Mandrake 10.1 into a system built around a
Pentium 4 on an Asus P4C800-E motherboard. I have two SATA drives and
intend to dual boot, one drive for Windows and one for Linux. I have
Mandrake Linux 10 installed on one drive, and Windows XP Pro on the
other.
The installation CD will boot and ask me to select how I want to
install. I select to run the install with the default graphical
interface.
The installer tells me "No CDROM device found" (I have to press OK).
(I mutter "You just booted from it! How can you not find it!?!")
"Please insert the additional drivers CD".

"The what?"

OK… what gives?
(I am newbie to the max, if you havn't guessed.)



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