FC2 test2 does not boot from CD

Sandy Pond sandy_pond at myrealbox.com
Tue Mar 30 04:23:11 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 22:42 -0500, Sandy Pond wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 19:23 -0600, Gerry Tool wrote:
> 
> > Jean Francois Martinez wrote:
> > 
> > >Was Test2 supposed to be bootable from CD?
> > >
> > >I have tried on several boxes, (and yes the bootparms) are right in
> > >the Bios, and this thing does not boot.
> > >
> > >I reburned the image and still the same
> > >
> > >I also notice there are no images for booting from floppy or for network
> > >installations, except for PXE so if you don't have a box capable
> > >of booting from the Internet you are out
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > It would not boot for me either, and I did check the md5sums and did the 
> > media check.  To get started, I put the FC1 release Disc 1 in the drive 
> > and when it got to the boot: prompt, switched it out and replaced it 
> > with the FC2 Test 2 Disc 1 CD.  All worked fine after that.
> 
> Me three.  I also see:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-March/msg02137.html
> 
> I'm going to try and burn the iso on a FC1 box (maybe FC2 has trouble
> burning a bootable cd).

Seem to be the computer ... cdroms boot on other systems.  So far the
system that fails to recognise the bootable cdrom is:

NVIDIA nForce2 chipset
LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive






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