--- Leigh <hst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Two possible things, but first of all check the disc > to make sure the > contents of whats inside the .ISO (you can view the > files inside the ISO > archive with most popular compression programs and > some toasting sw). So > having done that, comparing the contents of the ISO > with the contents on > your burnt cd-r - ... I checked the disks right after I burned them, and they seemed fine. But it was only a cursory examination, and I can try taking a closer look. > ... and knowing what you are doing in > the BIOS with booting > from CD (before it boots from the HDD, the boot > order for devices has to be > correct), I've currently got it in the order: CDROM, floppy, hard disk. I don't remember why I put the floppy second; I seem to remember running into some kind of problem when I put it first. > check the type of media you are burning > your CD's with. "Sony CD-R 700 MB 1x-32x compatible" is what it says on the box. According to Hardware Browser, my CD-ROM drive is a "Lite-on LTR-24102M". Is there anything else I need to know about them? > ... Also make > sure you are using your burning software correctly, > have you successfully > made cd-r discs from ISO files you downloaded? and > used them in the > respective computer? using the same type of cd-r > media? Nope - I've owned this machine for several years, and I bought it with a CD recorder installed, but I never bothered to find out how to burn CDs before. I wanted to make backups, but it wasn't that urgent, and I couldn't afford the time I needed to find out how to do it. I would never have thought to look at X-CD-Roaster, because my first impression after looking at the user interface was that it was exclusively intended for music CDs. However, the instructions on the web site I looked at on that web site made it clear that a "track" didn't have to be music. > ... You do sound like > you know what you are talking about though. Don't read too much into that. I'm an experienced Unix/Linux user, but as a Linux SA I have relatively little experience, most of it rather frustrating. I do have a moderate amount of system configuration experience. However, most of my system configuration experience is with DOS/Windows systems, and most of it is several years out of date. > I have had various ISO distributions (of Linux, > security tools etc) and on > one of my servers, the CD-ROM (which I think is a > panasonic) does not boot > from some CD's, but will boot from others... I take > the same CD and it loads > perfectly on another workstation using a CD-R/RW/DVD > combo drive. These are > cheap gold burnt CD's and I think its the old > cd-reader laser doesnt like > the cd media/dye color/coating problem. So try > booting your (verified) CD on > a different machine, and then maybe a different > machine again... failing > this try different types (brands, colors) of cd-r > media or throw a new > cd-rom reader in the problem pc. I'll try that. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
