al bundy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install this onto my Dell Inspiron 510M laptop, however
> after booting from the cd, and selecting "using default values", I get
> 2 errors:
>
> OS2 !! SYS02025
> OS2 !! SYS02027
>
> From what I have gathered (from googling), the first error is a disk
> read error and the second one is basically one to say "insert a disk I
> can actually read"
>
> I have tried turning various things off too in the install options,
> eg: use the IBM1S506 driver instead of the DANIS506 driver, even
> resorted to trying plain old int 13h disk IO.. No go. Mind you on the
> same machine, ECS 1.2 boots from its cd and installs fine.
>
> The problem is this, I have tested the cdrom on 3 other machines
> (desktop machines) and it does not die on this error at all, it boots
> normally, so it cant be the cdrom disc.
>
> Now for the sillies.. Which disk cant the installer read? Is it
> complaining about the cd-rom? Is there some issue with the memory disk
> the boot cd creates? Is there some problem with the hard disk (that 4
> other operating systems tested on this machine, have failed to notice?)
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for resolving this?
>
> Cheers
> Al.
Is the bios of the machine set to boot from the cd?

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