I am trying to install Linux on a computer I cobbled together, but the CD-ROM refuses to boot. I have swapped CD-ROM drives, so the issue is not the drive itself. At present the drive is set to cable select and it's cable is in the motherboard's #1 IDE slot. The boot order is set to CD, A, C in the BIOS. Any suggestions?
2007-12-10 04:52:41 · 4 answers · asked by michinoku2001 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Is this CD a bootable CD like Knoppix?
And did you image the CD rather than just put files on it?
If you those two things are correct, I haven't got any answers for ya. Sorry.
2007-12-10 04:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the CD isn't bootable.
Try using it in a different computer.
Another thing to try is to set the ONLY boot option to CD in the BIOS, but this is unlikely to achieve anything over the setup you already have.
2007-12-10 05:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by David M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in lots of cases a working laptop or pc desires to make sure from a disc and reproduction or re-installation the full working equipment, in any different case the place will it get all of the information from? long tale short, you go with the disc. It includes the full application of the pc and the preliminary order to place in.
2016-11-14 07:52:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your cd is not bootable
2007-12-10 05:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋