Re: systems stopped booting linux CDROMs

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:39:04 -0500

Michael Powe wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 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?
>
> To install linux on these machines, I have to boot SmartBoot Manager
> on floppy and then boot the CDROM from there.
>
> Any thoughts on what might have happened? I upgraded the BIOS in the
> Gateway, that had no effect. I tried clearing NVRAM, too. No joy.
> (Although, I only did it with the "clear configuration data" option in
> the BIOS interface.) The effect is not limited to a single linux boot
> CD, it happened with Gentoo, Really Horrible and Slackware.
>
> Thanks.
>
> mp
>
I basically have the exact opposite on the old gateway I have been messing
around with recently. Win2K doesn't boot from the CD, but multiple distros
of linux do...

I ended up having to make floppies for win2k. I upgraded my BIOS too...I
know this doesn't help much, but I thought I would at least chime in.

-- 
Daniel James Koepke
Fort Wayne, IN

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