Can't boot cd

[Hannes Mayer]

James Kuyper wrote:
> I went to http://fedora.redhat.com/download/#room and
> successfully followed the instructions there to
> download the ISO images for disks 1-4. I followed the
> link to
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-disks-cdrw.html
> and successfully followed the instructions there to
> use X-CD-Roast to create the CDs. I extracted the
> boot.iso file from the first disk, and used the same
> techniques to create a supposed "boot" disk from
> boot.iso. However, I can't actually boot from it.
> 
> I know precisely how to configure the BIOS for my
> computer to allow it to boot from the CD-rom, and I've
> successfully used it to boot from other CDs, including
> the RH 8.0 installation disk. I can't get it to boot
> from this one.
> 
> Does the procedure given at the link above, need to be
> modified to produce a bootable disk?

James,

it seems there are some BIOS/CDROM-drive/mkisofs combinations,
that won't boot. I thought this is sorted out with Fedora, I
spent many hours figuring out what's going wrong with test2+3,
FC2release booted fine on my "problem machine", but well...

Anyway, assuming you got an error-free CD1:
There is a nice tool: "Smart Boot Manager".
You can grab it at:
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net

Make a floppy, boot from it and select your CDROM.

Cheers,
Hannes.