On 4/27/07, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings list, I have been having issues booting from burned media on my Dell GX280's. I know it is a good boot CD since other machines (including the closely related GX260) boot the same disk fine. I think Dell put a CD drive in these models that is a bit more picky as to the type of CD-R media used with it as "pressed" CDs boot fine. Just passing on a tip to get these things booting off of burnable media: burn your install/LiveCD ISOs on to DVD-R/RW or mini-DVD-RW. The included DVD-ROM drive reads and boots them just fine. It may work for others having issues with booting from burnt media on flakey CD drives ... at least on newer machines. I know there are a few of you out there judging from reading the mailing list.
You left out another tip regarding homemade CD/DVDs: Do not burn at highest speed of burner. Your other drives may not be able to track/read those high speed burns.
/Mike
