Boot From Cd But Not Install

crestfaller · 05-23-2006, 10:13 AM

Hello,

Looking for advice. I am using an old system, it has a Creative 36x MX CD-ROM drive in it. I can boot from the installation CD however when I try to select the installation source, the light comes on and the cd spins up, but then it says that it can't recognize any cd-rom in any drive. How can it boot from the CD and then not recognize it?

Anyone know of a boot image that I should be using?

Thanks for your help!

meng · 05-23-2006, 10:20 AM

That's a tough one! Not sure which distro you're trying there but one option would be to try an alternative distro.

crestfaller · 05-23-2006, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by meng

That's a tough one! Not sure which distro you're trying there but one option would be to try an alternative distro.

Slack 4 life

I did manage to install it by switching out the drive to a newer one (that I yoinked from a Dell system here at work) but I had to give it back so now I'm back to scratch!

I am going to try different jumper settings on the CD-ROM drive and see if that helps.

Thanks for the reply!

cwwilson721 · 05-23-2006, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by meng

That's a tough one! Not sure which distro you're trying there but one option would be to try an alternative distro.

I would have to assume Slackware, since this thread is in Slackware>Installation.

And the older cd-rom drives can be flaky. Try old_cd.i for the kernel. It has support for the older weird drives.

meng · 05-23-2006, 01:10 PM

Thanks cww I'll read more carefully next time.