Error 2100: HDD0 (HardDisk Drive) initialization error (2)?

[Chris2011]

@ajkula66, I'm glad you happened by... I wasn't going to install since that wasn't your instructions. Now, at what point to do I press F12? Thanks

[ajkula66]

Turn the machine on, press F12 once you see *any* movement on the screen (ThinkPad logo) - might have to press it a couple of times (quickly) until the boot device list is displayed.

Good luck.

[Chris2011]

Turn the machine on, press F12 once you see *any* movement on the screen (ThinkPad logo) - might have to press it a couple of times (quickly) until the boot device list is displayed.

Good luck.

@ajkula66, thanks. That's what I did. I pressed F12 as soon as I saw the logo. A message displayed under the Thinkpad logo: "Preparing Boot device list". Nothing happened, and I got the Error again. But I hadn't burned the file as .iso so it didn't work correctly and maybe that's why I got that message (?). But I'll burn it as .iso and press F12.

[ajkula66]

Yep, that sounds right...just make sure it's burned as ISO and you should be good to go...

Good luck.

[Chris2011]

@ajkula66, thanks. I appreciate the clarification.

Following your suggestion, I:

• selected a download from this list mirrors
• here's the options to select: North America - USA - Linux Freedom

How would I know which is DVDr or CDr?
Which one is CDr?
Should I select 64bit or 32bit?

Thanks!

[ajkula66]

The fourth one on the list is what you need (32-bit CD)...

Anything below 700MB in size will be on a CD - when you see a 800+ MB format it's most likely a DVD.

Good luck.

[Chris2011]

@ajkula66, thanks. I just looked at the list closer and I see where it indicates cd or dvd. doh!

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