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Originally posted by fortytwo42
I put it in the cdrom and tried booting from it but it continues to boot normally. I checked the BIOS and I do have it set to boot from the cdrom first. I also had a slack install cd so I put that in there just to see if it was the cd but it did the same thing--booted as normal.
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Has the slack-cd booted before? I am assuming that the
CD drive has booted from
cd before? If the drive has booted from
cd and the slack-cd was untested, if you can remember the last
cd that booted, I'd try loading that in.
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What else could be causing this problem?
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Check
BIOS for recognition of your
cd drive. If recognition is there -- auto-detection like HDs -- check the
cd drive light to make sure the computer queries it -- light flashes,
BIOS sees it. If no light appears or it drive doesn't spin, obviously something is wrong with the
CD drive, the cable, or the IDE controller, IF it is hooked up to an IDE connection that is...if it is hooked up USB, check to see if
BIOS has settings for legacy usb support and try enabling it, if it is disabled. I am
not too literate on SCSI controllers, but if it is setup that way, you may need SCSI drivers loaded at
boot.
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I've heard to use a floppy boot disk, and I'm going to try booting with Smart Boot Manager on a floppy and see if that works.
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Depending on how old your system is, a book disk was used to establish drivers for old
cd drives.
You may want to post your cdrom drive details(if possible) and general computer info for a more in-depth answer from the forum.
Best of Luck!
-g