Problem booting from CD-ROM on old PC Specs: Pentium 133 16M RAM 2GB HD Situation: I want to install SlackWare 12.0 from CD-rom. The Cd is bootable, as proven by the other 5 freshly installed servers. However, when the system (upon boottime) start searching for boot records on the CD, he fails and returns te following message: Quote:
(then, he continues to boot from HD). The weird thing is: a long while ago I already installed a Slackware distribution on this computer (Slack 10.2 I think). Checked with that CD but recieved the same message. I figure it must be something in the BIOS.. I changed CD-drives (to be sure I also tried with an old 4x), but no result. To be sure I attached it to IDE2 as a master with a different cable, no result.. Dit a search on the message, could get much useful information.. Anybody got some ideas? |
flash BIOS? |
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It actually boots from HD, so don't think that would help? |
if you tried different cdrom, I can't see what other issue it could be |
the problem could be related to the CD-R itself: I burned a cd with an OS install on a Plextor Premium at 52x... the verification went ok but got errors on the target PC (that had no Plextor writer, though relatively recent and fast CD drives). Reburned a CD-R at lower speed and everything was flawless... The faster you burn, the more dicey compatibility can get... |
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And I burned it at 8x I think. Use an old 16x Lite-on but to be save I use 8x :) It also works in several drives ánd older CDs that also had worked without problems (win2k, older Slack versions,..) give the same error.. |
CD rom firmware; replace that old CD drive;) |
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Didn't help though :( BUT: I do start to think it might be the CD anyways.. Although I succesfully used it on 8 other systems, I now encountered a boot-problem with a 'more recent' P3 450. This is very awkward, as I had no problems installing it on a P1 233 MMX.. Tried burning a second CD, but same result. Even after changing CD-drives, problems stay :( |
After more research, it turned out that the problem is caused by the actual ISO image. Something with boot-sector size. Anyway, will boot from other CD with 'smart boot manager', then boot from Slack CD. Should do the trick (tomorrow :)) |
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