it is still in the bios, there is no windows or linux on the computer, im using a linux that runs from the cd, when i run it in the compaq cdrom, it will load and run, when i run it in the other 3 cdroms, it doesnt work, and ive checked the jumpers, they are correct, i even switched them around to other settings for the heck of it, still they dont work, same with the hard drives.
right now i have linux installed to the compaq harddrive, it it a 2.2 gig hd so i have 40 mb of free space now, im going to try to see if i can get the cdrom to run with linux, since it isnt needed to run linux because its on the harddrive now.