On 7/8/05, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Following myself up: > > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > Booting from CD 1 produces the boot screen. Pressing Enter produces: > > > > ISOLINUX 3.08 2005-05-19 isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying > > to wing it... > > isolinux: Found something at drive=9F > > isolinux: Found something at drive=81 > > isolinux: Found something at drive=80 > > isolinux: Looks like it might be right, continuing... > > isolinux: Image checksum error, sorry... > > > > Boot failed: press a key to retry... > > > > This happens with a CD1 that burned correctly and has been used to install on > > two other machines. It also happens with a CD burned with boot.iso from the > > images/ directory on the same drive I'm booting from. Same result booting > > with "linux nodma". > > > > The machine is an Athlon T-Bird on an ASUS A7V motherboard. The IDE > > controller (hard disk) is a Promise Ultra-100. The SCSI controller (CD-ROM > > and <blush> SyJet drive) is a BusLogic BT-958. > > This is definitely related to the SCSI controller or devices. A similar > machine with an IDE CD-ROM boots with no problem. > > > > > Suggestions? > > Still open to suggestions or an answer to the question: > > Why did FC3 work fine where FC4 fails so miserably? > > > > > TIA. > > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > Do you have an existing OS installed on the machine that has problems with the CD? If so perform a media check using that machine. Your problem may be due to the CD drive not being able to read these FC4 discs. I would suggest that you try different media and/or burn the discs at a lower speed, e.g. 12X instead of 24X or higher.
