BIOS does not support CD-ROM boot.

[macadet08]

I'm trying to install ubuntu Linux on a Pentium 3 computer which does not support booting to the CD-ROM drives. What are my options on other ways to install? Could I either use a 3.5inch floppy disk to get it started or install on another computer and just switch the disk back over right before configuring all the hardware?

[Cibomatto2002]

We need more info.

What kind of computer do you have?

Did you check for a BIOS update?

[macadet08]

I have not checked for a BIOS update because I have heard horror stories about people corrupting their system when those fail.

The computer I want to put it on has a Abit BH6 motherboard. With a 333mhz Pentium 3.

The other computer that I talked about maybe using to install to the hard drive and then transfer over is a Dell Dimension 4100 with a Pentium 3 at 800mhz.

[efflandt]

Web search "linux floppy to boot cd"

How much RAM does that computer have?

[macadet08]

256mb in each.

[macadet08]

Sorry. The problem was because the CD-ROM drive I was using wasn't the secondary master IDE device. Switched and it loaded right up.

[MeanEYE]

Sorry. The problem was because the CD-ROM drive I was using wasn't the secondary master IDE device. Switched and it loaded right up.

Just a note. You could mark this thread as [solved] so other other people don't come here trying to help :D.