Re: systems stopped booting linux CDROMs

From: Michael Powe (michael+gnus_at_trollope.org)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: 12 Mar 2005 14:19:53 -0500

>>>>> "Lenard" == Lenard <Lenard@127.0.0.1> writes:

    Lenard> Michael Powe wrote:
>> I recently have this experience with two of my systems, one
>> Dell and one Gateway. Both are older, from 2001. The Dell has
>> a CDRW, the Gateway just a CDR.

>> The situation is that both have, within the immediate past,
>> quit booting linux installation CDs. They will, however, boot
>> a Windows 2000 install CD.
>>
>> Huh?

    Lenard> Many systems due to the BIOS and/or the CD firmware cannot
    Lenard> boot with the newer Linux ISOLINUX boot CD/DVD's for
    Lenard> reference see google. An example;

I googled quite extensively, actually, but I didn't find anything that
seemed to address this issue. A change in the boot isolinux might
explain it, but the incidents occur with a Slack 9 CD that I burned in
6/2003 and have used for installs on both these machines in the past.

    Lenard> http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO-7.shtml

Thanks.

mp 

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