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Peter Wong <ordinaryninja@yahoo.com> writes:

> When I pop in my installation cd and turn the comp, it
> spits out this:
> 
> CD Loader 1.01
> 
> Building the boot loader arguments
> Read Error: 0x01
> Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor
> 
> I'm trying to install the 5.1 release on a:
> Pentium 166
> 32mb Ram
> STB_Virge (video)
> 2.5gb EIDE
> Mitsumi 12x IDE

Try booting from floppies.