RE: CD Boot Problem

[Preston Boyington <PBoyington@polyengineering.com>]

sounds like the cd media you burned has an error.  this can be caused by a manufacturing error on the cd.  burn another cdrom and give it a try.  also, try not burning at full speed.  sometimes people burn disks that are rated 12x at 30x+ and will make cd's that behave like you describe.

 

Preston

-----Original Message-----
From: Mustafa Al-Shawaf [mailto:alshawaf@uiuc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:49 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: CD Boot Problem

I am trying to install Debian on my computer.  I used jigdo to get the iso.  Then I burned the iso to cd.  When I try to boot from the cd, the drive spins up then spins down a lot.  Sometimes I get a message from the BIOS that there was a boot failure.  Other times, It starts booting, but then I get a message from the software on the cd that there was an error and that I should try again.  When I try to access the cd on another os, It is accessible, but it spins up and down a lot.  Also when I try to small text files on the cd sometimes there is a long delay (45 sec or more).  The drive works well with other cds though.  I'm not sure what is wrong.

 

MA