Hank, Try updating your BIOS if possible. Also ensure that you're set to boot from the CD drive before floppy or hard disk. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/5/2004 at 8:42 PM hank wrote: >hello is it possible fore cd roms older cd roms especially not to display >the boot prompt? >if so would a new cd rom fix this? >I am trying to get dibian on my amd 233 pc and the boot prompt doesn't >come up >I get the same thing on slackware, and on fidora. >it just proceeds to the keyboard layout >thanks >hank >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net MSN: steve at steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net