why is my Cd Ram wrong

hs_live · 01-12-2008, 02:53 PM

i can install windows but when i want install linux(fedora,debian,knopix) at the first computer can boot from cd but then it shows a message "can not
mount cd rom ) and i have to exit

mariogarcia · 01-12-2008, 03:15 PM

what brand is it?
which version of linux?
if you have floppies you can use those to install.

pixellany · 01-12-2008, 03:55 PM

Can you boot from ANY CD?---e.g. the Windows install disk.

If you try to boot from a CD, and the CD is not bootable, I would expect the computer to simply go looking for something else (like the hard drive). I would not expect there to be an error message.

Please describe the detailed steps and exactly where the error message occurs.

mariogarcia · 01-12-2008, 04:39 PM

older linux dont recognize cdroms. per instance if you try to install sarge in a newer laptop it won't be able to mount cdrom. even if windows and the rest boot from it.

marciobarbalho · 01-12-2008, 05:48 PM

hey dude, try out with a live CD

jonwatson · 01-12-2008, 06:50 PM

I think that the OP is saying that it starts to boot, but then complains at some later time that it cannot find the CDRom.

I vaguely recall this happening to me before with some distro and it had to do with the fact that my CD drive was something like /dev/cdrom but the installer was looking for it at /dev/sdb or something. That's not accurate, but that's the base of the problem. I can't recall if I fixed it or just moved on to another distro.

Maybe that will put the OP on the right path...