bootable disk not working.

[slade111]

Ok so today i downloaded LINUX, trying to install it on my pc. I burned it to a cd and ran it on my computer, i thought it was working but DPMS DOS popped up....
My system will NOT run ANY bootable disks. Even manufactured. I checked my BIOS and made sure it was set for disk. i thought maybe it was my BIOS and thought of TRYING to reinstall it. Im running

Emachine, 2005

intel

t5026 model motherboard.

WHen the dpms dos loads, it comes up as    DR-A:\ |

[JJ 3000]

Which flavor of Linux did you download?

What program did you use to burn the ISO to the disk?

What speed did you use to burn the image?

Do you have two optical drives?

Did the optical drive ever work?

When you changed the boot order in BIOS, did you save changes (F10)?