Mandriva Spring 2007 DVD won't boot
 

Hi all,

I'm facing some problem with the Mandriva 2007 DVD and I would really appreciate your input on this.
I got the DVD ISO file downloaded via torrents from Mandriva's web page.I burned the ISO file with K3B by using the "Burn DVD ISO Image..."
Then the problem is that I can't boot my PC with this DVD :( I tried the DVD on another machine, yet I faced the same problem.

The DVD seems to be working fine as I can access its content with my old OS (Debian). There are the i586 folder, and the release-notes.txt file on the root of the DVD, which I presume is fine. But, the booting problem is just a pain.

I have also checked my BIOS, and yes it is configured to boot from my DVD player first. I also tried to disable all other booting options except the DVD. But, then my system gave a booting failure message :P

Has anyone faced a similar problem before? If so, how did you manage to overcome it?

One more thing to add, I have tried different brands of DVDs of both + and - types, yet I still have the same problem.

Thank you all for your help


Linuxlainen

Did you check the integrity of the download before burning it to DVD?

The matching md5sum check string is also available from where you downloaded the .iso.

Thanks vtel57

Apparantly I had a problem with the downloaded file. I managed to download the distrop. from another site and it is working just fine now.

Linuxlainen

Good for you!

Have FUN with it! :)