Any problems booting Fedora from CD/DVD?

Brians256 · 10-21-2004, 12:39 PM

I've got a yen to put Linux on a nice quiet little system for my wife (I think I can make it more spyware and crash proof that way).

Anyways, the short story is that I can't get Fedora RC2 or test 3 to boot from CD or DVD. I can get XP Home, XP Pro, and FreeBSD to boot from DVD and CD (respectively), so I know that the DVD drive and setup is working just fine. I just can't get Linux to boot.

Any ideas?

HW on her system:
mobo - cheapo A78NX-X with 1GB of RAM
CPU - Athlon 2100
GPU - ATI R128

SysCrusher · 10-21-2004, 03:51 PM

Using SATA?

Brians256 · 10-21-2004, 04:03 PM

No SATA.

I am using two old ATA66 drive as master and slave on channel 1 and a DVD drive as the master on channel 2.

10-21-2004, 12:39 PM	#1
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Any problems booting Fedora from CD/DVD? I've got a yen to put Linux on a nice quiet little system for my wife (I think I can make it more spyware and crash proof that way). Anyways, the short story is that I can't get Fedora RC2 or test 3 to boot from CD or DVD. I can get XP Home, XP Pro, and FreeBSD to boot from DVD and CD (respectively), so I know that the DVD drive and setup is working just fine. I just can't get Linux to boot. Any ideas? HW on her system: mobo - cheapo A78NX-X with 1GB of RAM CPU - Athlon 2100 GPU - ATI R128

10-21-2004, 03:51 PM	#2
SysCrusher Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 256	Using SATA?

10-21-2004, 04:03 PM	#3
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	No SATA. I am using two old ATA66 drive as master and slave on channel 1 and a DVD drive as the master on channel 2.

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