User Feedback :: A problem with 0.7.2 bootability?
sometimes cds just wont read. maybe your cd drive is dirty?
Truthfully, I think the burn is less the culprit here than the reader itself. The writing was done on two of my network workstations which are equipped with up-to-date Plextor writers and I've never had problem one with the software.
I ordered a replacement CDRW drive this afternoon. The offending drive is now six years old and, given this episode, probably ready for the glue factory. I should know in a day or two if the new drive makes a difference.
jlowell
Attempting to narrow things down, I tried the DSL CD with a brand new CDRW drive I installed on the machine in question earlier today. It was badly needed, the old one was six years old or more, made odd sounds when starting, and left you with the feeling that the next thing you might expect was a fire. Anyway, the boot failed yet again so the problem isn't with the reader. Next I tried downloading a trial version of Nero from the web to insure that the software I ordinarily use wasn't malfunctioning. Same result: Boot Failed. In sum, we've got (1) one computer on which the CD works and one - the important one - on which it fails; (2) we've tried a brand new CDRW in the important machine and it doesn't help; (3) we've used the same ISO image burned with two different software packages and get the same failure, (4) after copying the image to a floppy, I can boot through the request to change disks but that's it. I don't know how to add up all of this information but my guts are telling me that there is something wrong with the downloaded image. Where do we go from here? I mean if I can't get the CD to boot properly, I won't be able to evaluate DSL and feel I'd miss something.
Thoughts at this point?
jlowell
Can you boot other liveCD bootable linux distros from this computer?
Maybe the problem is related to a bug in the livecd bootloader.
Do you get a "boot failed" message?
Hi cbagger01!
Yes, indeed. This is the first time I've had a bootable CD problem with this or any other machine for a good while and I'll burn a reasonable quantity of Linux ISO's for one reason or another in a month's time. I can boot both the KNOPPIX and Feather Linux CDs on the machine in question which might be helpful to know. And, yes, the message I get is "boot failed".
Frankly, it feels like a bug to me.
jlowell
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