FAILURE TO BOOT FROM ATAPI CD ROM. PLEASE HELP

[J.R.F160]

HI I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. THIS IS AN OLDER COMPUTER WITH
AN AOPEN MOTHERBOARD AX342 II. I HAS AN ACER 40X MAX CD-ROM DRIVE AND A
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE ALSO. I CAN ACCESS SYSTEM SETUP BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL I'M DOING. IT WAS GIVENTO ME FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAD TO
WIPE IT CLEAN, SO I KNOW I NEED AN OS. IT WILL HAVE TO BE A FREE ONE.
SO ADVICE ON WHICH ONE TO USE COULD BE HELPFUL ALSO. IM ABLE TO BURN
CDS ON MY OTHER COMPUTER, BUT IT HAS NO FLOPPY DRIVE.

THIS IS ALL THE INFO I HAVE:
AWARD MODULAR BIOS V6.00PG
DISK DRIVE A: 1.44M. 3.5IN
DISK B: NONE
PRIMARY MASTER: NONE
PRIMARY SLAVE: LBA,ATA 100, 20021M
SECONDARY MASTER: CD ROM ATA 33
SEC SLAVE: NONE
DISPLAY TYPE: EGA/VGA
SERIAL PORTS: 3F8 2F8
PARR PORTS: 378
INTEL PENTIUM III, CELERON, VIA C3 CPU, 133 MHZ

ANYONE WILLING TO HELP ME?

 

[Jim]

HI I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. THIS IS AN OLDER COMPUTER WITH
AN AOPEN MOTHERBOARD AX342 II. I HAS AN ACER 40X MAX CD-ROM DRIVE AND A
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE ALSO. I CAN ACCESS SYSTEM SETUP BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL I'M DOING. IT WAS GIVENTO ME FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAD TO
WIPE IT CLEAN, SO I KNOW I NEED AN OS. IT WILL HAVE TO BE A FREE ONE.
SO ADVICE ON WHICH ONE TO USE COULD BE HELPFUL ALSO. IM ABLE TO BURN
CDS ON MY OTHER COMPUTER, BUT IT HAS NO FLOPPY DRIVE.

THIS IS ALL THE INFO I HAVE:
AWARD MODULAR BIOS V6.00PG
DISK DRIVE A: 1.44M. 3.5IN
DISK B: NONE
PRIMARY MASTER: NONE
PRIMARY SLAVE: LBA,ATA 100, 20021M
SECONDARY MASTER: CD ROM ATA 33
SEC SLAVE: NONE
DISPLAY TYPE: EGA/VGA
SERIAL PORTS: 3F8 2F8
PARR PORTS: 378
INTEL PENTIUM III, CELERON, VIA C3 CPU, 133 MHZ

ANYONE WILLING TO HELP ME?

You will find more help if you unlock the caps key.

First of all, have gone to the BIOS and set the boot order to boot from the
CD first?

Jim