Update: I got the computer to boot from cd. It was weird, if I went into the CMOS settings, the CD-Rom would be there, but it wouldn't list it on boot, it just showed my two HDs. So I flashed the bios, and then it would list (and boot from) my CD. I had quite an old version: WW >> WZ >> YH >> ZT >> 3C >> 3R >> 4A >> 64 >> 7N >> A9, I went from YH to A9. However, I was still unable to install XP. This might be the wrong place to ask this, but you guys seem to be a very knowledgable bunch :) When I try to boot from the XP cd (it is a burned, copy, I bought a CoA, and had a friend burn a cd for me), I get the message: CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR At first I thought it was the way I had my drives set up (/dev/hda1 had linux on it, and I was going to put XP on /dev/hdb1). So I switch the cables around, edited grub, and I now have linux on /dev/hdb1, and I am going to install XP on /dev/hda1 (cd is /dev/hdc). That still didn't work, I got the same CDBOOT message. I also had created the six boot floppy's from Microsoft, so I figured I'd boot from them. After it asks for the second floppy I get this message: ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded Error Code 7 I found this article on Microsoft's knowledge base: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812580&Product=w inxp Basically it says there is an problem with detecting ACPI, and I should hit F7 when it is asking me if I need to load SCSI/RAID Drivers. I tried that and still got the error 7. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I try again, but just keep hitting F7? There was another article on Microsoft's site, but it was for win2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318729&Product=w in2000 This one says it could some bios settings, or bad memory. I reset the bios to the default and it still didn't work. I also let memtest86 run for about an hour and a half, and got no errors. I'm going to have my friend re-burn the cd, but does anyone have any other suggestions? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces redhat com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces redhat com] 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...
