I'll try to get the CD-Rom to boot, and if that doesn't work, I'll go with the Smart Boot Manager. Thanks for all the help. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Chiodini Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:21 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: RE: Rescue from a floppy? On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 09:58, Lemke, Wesley wrote: > Yes, I was able to read the media once booted into fedora, and I think > that the drive is detected by the BIOS (although now that I think of > it, I'm not 100% sure on that....I'll have to double check at home > tonight). If it isn't detected by the BIOS, how can I fix that? > > This is a Plextor CD-RW drive, and it is the only optical drive in the > system. > Try moving the drive to either other IDE interface. Also, if it's the slave try making it the master. In my case, I ended up replacing the drive. If the BIOS is detecting the drive at boot time, an earlier suggestion of burning a new disk seems appropriate. If possible try a blank from a different manufacturer than the first. We've seen some very marginal media. My rule of thumb (right or wrong): If you can see through the disk get another brand. Also, the score given by cdrecord seems to be a pretty good indicator. The marginal disks I've seen were scored at B- or C, were gold in color (viewed from either side, i.e. no label), and had no labeling on the package. Sorry not much help, but real wordy :-). Bob...
