CDROM Booting Problems

Joseph Kubik josephkubik-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 4 16:09:47 UTC 2004


Can you get to "essentially" the same point by booting from the cd itself?
If not, I recommend trying a bios upgrade.
-Joseph-


On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:23:23 -0500, Adam Raymond <streetsmart2-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:16:27 -0500, Joseph Kubik <josephkubik-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > What BIOS version do you have?
> > What type of cdrom do you have? SCSI or IDE what brand / model?
> > There is always some hardware that the installer's kernel does not know about.
> >
> > Also, exactly how far does the install go before failing to find the
> > cd, when using the floppy?
> > -Joseph-
> 
> My CD ROM is IDE, I'm not at home right now but i think the brand is "create".
> 
> In the install I got to the point were it asked me to choose were I
> would like to install from. I choose CD ROM, and then for it to auto
> detect my CD ROM. Thats when it said it couldn't detect my CD ROM.
> 
> - Adam Raymond
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