When I boot mate 17.3 32bit installed on HDD (not external drive) "CD Boot" is the last boot message I get when I start the computer. I then hit the reboot button, the machine gets to ACPI PCC Probe Failed, then it boots into 17.3 MATE. I have to do this every time I start the machine. A little annoying, but can live with it if I have to. (not my main machine) I swapped a drive that has CentOS 5.11 installed and it booted, no problem.

ASUS A7N8X-X mobo
AMD Athlon PC 3200 processor (single core)
2 GB Crucial DDR PC3200 400 MHz RAM

I have bios configured - boot to CD first, then HDD. I could put HDD as first boot device, but do not want to change bios settings everytime I want to boot from the CD drive.

Then check the Bios settings.

Boot order.

I checked the bios settings. CMOS battery is fresh. Boot order is CD first, HDD second. If nothing is bootable in the CD, then the HDD should boot. The bios should go through the boot sequence until it finds something to boot, not stop at the first in sequence if nothing is there. I swapped another drive with mate 17.3 with the same result, but when I swap a drive with CentOS 5.11 it boots the first time I start the computer after it has been shut down. I am thinking something is missing from mate 17.3 causing it to not boot properly.

I did try changing the boot order, HDD first, CD second. The computer began to boot, then black screen, then the "your monitor is working" message. After several minutes MATE booted. What Messages should I be looking for, and where to find them?