can't load linux from cd

david.des@veriz · 06-10-2002, 01:34 PM

I downloaded rh7.3 and put them on cd-r. When I tried to boot from disk 1, it does not reconize the disk. I used nero to burn in the iso mode. What did I do wrong. How do I make the cd bootable. Also tried to make a boot.img to a floppy and the file is to large for the floppy. Any help would be great.
thanks David

trickykid · 06-10-2002, 01:34 PM

And I assume you did set your BIOS to boot to cdrom for first boot device ??

david.des@veriz · 06-10-2002, 01:38 PM

first boot is cd rom

david.des@veriz · 06-10-2002, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by trickykid
And I assume you did set your BIOS to boot to cdrom for first boot device ??

yes i did

sewer_monkey · 06-10-2002, 10:17 PM

Did you check the MD5 hashes of the ISO images before burning them onto CD-Rs?

As a last resort, poke around on the RedHat CD-ROM you burned, there should be bootable floppy images there, as well as instructions on how to create these floppies (even from Windoze/DOS). However, if your ISO images were corrupted (i.e. MD5 hashes don't match), then this won't help at all...