[thelist] boot drive order woes

[Paul Bennett]

I have an old box at home I want to put a redhat install on (currently 
win 98). Trouble is, it won't boot from a cd or floppy. I have gone into 
setup during the win 98 boot process and checked that the a and d drives 
are checked during the bopot process, and they are - the current order 
is floppy, cd-rom, hard drive.
When I try to boot off a cd it is ignored.
When I try to boot off a floppy the boot process gets stuck at 
"verifying DMI pool data" and sits there doing nothing

Is there any fix for this?
Some kind of internet install is kind of out of the question (but may be 
a last resort), as we are back on dialup at home :(

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