Seeking Setup CDROM everytime

[dibya11]

I have installed Win98 and the boot priority is floppy,hard disk and CD-ROM. But everytime I switch on it says 'booting frm CD-ROM :' and I have to insert the Win98 setup CDROM. After that it gives two options - (i) boot from Hard Disk, (ii) Boot from CD-ROM and I can boot from hard disk. If I donot insert the CDROM it gives boot failure..insert your system disk. This is driving me crazy, how do I get to boot from the hard disk without any problems. I have reinstalled several times to see if anything happens but nothing has comeout. Please help.

 

[edfair]

First step would be to use your EBD and run fdisk /mbr.
I assume that you made one when you installed.

That should rewrite the boot loader that is sending you to the CD.

Ed Fair
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[dibya11]

Hi,
Actually the problem was with the IDE cable. The master end was connected to the CD-ROM drive and the slave to the HDD. I changed it and it saved the problem.
Thanks for your fdisk/mbr command. I didnot know about the mbr option before.
Bye and take care.
Dibya

 

[bazzert]

Just one point its not generally a good idea to have CD-ROM and HD on the same channel as the ROM (ATA33) will limit the data rate for the HD which will most likely be ATA66 at the lowest.