-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, if someone has very old hardware, that is exactly what I do: replace first the cables and then the drive so the person can do what he or she wishes to do. An example was one time when I was puzzled as to why someone's old box couldn't boot off a CD. I had carefully set the BIOS boot order so it boots from the CD first. But it wasn't booting. I replaced the IE cable. Same story. The answer dawned on me -- the drive was so old, it was expecting a 500 Mb capacity CD. I was using a 650 Mb CD. I replaced the drive and presto, the system suddenly booted from CD. I haven't checked into DVDs specifically because the issue hasn't come up with any of my customers yet, but often replacing the drive cable first and if necessary the drive is a very good option. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland John Aldrich wrote: > I think some folks have lost sight of what the OP was suggesting -- a Bootable > DVD made up of multiple CD images, which could be used to install as a DVD or > loop-mount the DVD image and copy the individual CD images out. Apparently > that's what the first Fedora DVDs were... a collection of CD images, or so > someone here said. > > IF that were the case, I don't know why Fedora decided to drop that model in > favor of a "real" DVD image, but that does make it difficult for people (like > myself) who do not have a "bootable" DVD drive. I've got a DVD drive, but for > some strange reason I can't seem to boot off it. Whether that's a BIOS issue > or what, I don't know. I don't particularly care, either. It does not matter > to me whether I boot off a "boot cd" and then install from the DVD or from a > collection of CDs. I just need something that my system will boot. > > Also, not all of us are made of money and can afford to go out and buy the > latest and greatest motherboard/CPU combo and the latest and greatest DVD / > CD burner, etc. Some of us have to make do for several years. > > Not trying to sound argumentative, but some folks on this list seem to think > that if you can't use a DVD, you should go out and buy all new hardware just > so you can install off the DVD. I just thought I'd point that out. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHl3xc6lKCpcLGBRgRAvZLAJ0UVv0WAgZfnYF6Zmv+FjhDDxaqjgCdHIms 0XFtyiF7Qe1pMbBSh54y1hA= =VNS6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
