somebody help me please, I need to install suse DvD 10.1

[proteo]

I have a Asus motherboard A8N SLI deluxe with a HD sata of 320 GB, an ATI video card of 256 MB, whether boot my pc with Windows Xp I don't have any problem, the problem start if I want to boot with any diferent operating system, every time that I did it, it showed following message:

starting caldera DR-DOS... EMM386 3.27 copyright (c)1992, 1998 caldera, Inc. All rights reserve

as you can see, this is a problem with DOS, emm386 is a video file, I don't know what else can I do, I did set up the BIOS of diferent ways, I know how to do it, any way, It doesn't work, I tested with Knoppix and SUSE live DvD too, but doesn't work, someone help me up please, I'm new using linux and I feel frustrated, thanks, by away, I'm sorry for my bad english.

[techieMoe]

When you burned the ISO file, did you do it in Nero? If so, did you check "Make disk bootable?" If so, that's your problem. Open up Nero, go to "Recorder->Burn Image" and choose your ISO file. You do not need to check the "make bootable" box. That just messes up the disc.

[proteo]

When you burned the ISO file, did you do it in Nero? If so, did you check "Make disk bootable?" If so, that's your problem. Open up Nero, go to "Recorder->Burn Image" and choose your ISO file. You do not need to check the "make bootable" box. That just messes up the disc.

Thanks techieMoe for responding, I improved that situation, now I have another problem, every time that I want to start to boot with suse dvd disk it show the following message: "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
would you please tell me what else can I do..?
Let tell you that I tried with other software and knoppix too, but it doesn't work, thank's once again.

[techieMoe]

Now it sounds like your computer is trying to boot to the harddrive first and not your CD drive. That can be fixed in your BIOS, which is usually accessed by pressing F10, DELETE, or sometimes ESC right when your computer first boots (usually right after the beep). Your boot splash screen may tell you which key to press.

There are many different kinds of BIOS software so I can't tell you exactly what yours will look like. I just know that the section you're looking for is "Boot Order" and you want to set it to try and boot from your CDROM drive first, followed by your harddrive.

[proteo]

Now it sounds like your computer is trying to boot to the harddrive first and not your CD drive. That can be fixed in your BIOS, which is usually accessed by pressing F10, DELETE, or sometimes ESC right when your computer first boots (usually right after the beep). Your boot splash screen may tell you which key to press.

There are many different kinds of BIOS software so I can't tell you exactly what yours will look like. I just know that the section you're looking for is "Boot Order" and you want to set it to try and boot from your CDROM drive first, followed by your harddrive.

thanks for your advise, but I think could be something diferent, I know how to enter to bios, boot and handle up the order to start booting my cd and HD drive, please tell me something else, thank's any way

[devils casper]

Problem is in Burning only. Nero installs Dr Dos if you burn DVD/CD as Bootable.
in Main Menu, click 'Burn image to Disc' and select .iso file.




casper

[proteo]

Problem is in Burning only. Nero installs Dr Dos if you burn DVD/CD as Bootable.
in Main Menu, click 'Burn image to Disc' and select .iso file.




casper

Thank you for responding devils_casper, but I figured out that litle problem, I burned a new DvD without "make bootable dvd" option, I did it with "make data DvD", I downloaded Suse Linux from www.opensuse.org twice, I mean 10.1 dvd and 10.2 dvd version, I will write you again the error mesagge "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER", in the BIOS, I have activated to boot with CDROM as first option and the other one are disable even the hard disk, I hope that understood me, know please tell me what else can I do...?

[techieMoe]

Thank you for responding devils_casper, but I figured out that litle problem, I burned a new DvD without "make bootable dvd" option, I did it with "make data DvD",

Do not burn it as a "data dvd" or as a "bootable DVD". As Casper has already stated, you want to burn it as an image file. In my version of Nero, this can be done by opening it up, cancelling the little wizard window that comes up, going to the "Recorder" menu and selecting "Burn Image".

[proteo]

Do not burn it as a "data dvd" or as a "bootable DVD". As Casper has already stated, you want to burn it as an image file. In my version of Nero, this can be done by opening it up, cancelling the little wizard window that comes up, going to the "Recorder" menu and selecting "Burn Image".

Thank you so much TechieMoe, I achieved, I started to install Suse, I felt frustrated for a few days, but know thanks to you I did it.
thank you again.

I will see you next time, bye bye.