On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 12:10, Angie wrote: > I have tried Windows XP AND Fedora Core 2 to see if my cd-rom was bootable > but all it does is gives me an error message that it can't read it. I can > install any OS just fine on that cd-rom as long as I have a boot disk. My > husband's computer will boot both of those CDs so I don't think there is > anything wrong with the CDs. I have two CD-roms...one is CD-RW and another is > just plain CD-rom. They both are using the same cable connecting to the > computer. Do you think that could interfer the cd-rom booting? Sometime I > wonder. > > I will try the Smart boot manager first and if that doesn't work, I will try > other suggestions. Thanks for the Advices! Angie, How old is your motherboard? Could there be a BIOS upgrade that might solve your problem? I have a relatively old motherboard with a CDRW and DVD-RW, both configured on the second controller, and can boot from either. But, had trouble before updating the BIOS. Some other things to try: Try booting with only one of the devices connected. Try each. Set the devices to master and slave not cable select. Bob...
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