On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 01:14, David Hodge wrote: > Trying to load fedora core 2 on a Dell Optiplex GX pro which does not > support booting from cd-rom. After several downloads, burning cd's, and > running loadin (loadlin d:isolinux\vmlinuz initrd=d:isolinux\initrd.img) > I continue to get the compressed format error. Try Smart Boot Manager: http://btmgr.sf.net/ That'll boot the floppy and you can pass control to the CDROM drive afterward -- Colin Charles, byte@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi