Re: Potato CD doesn't seem bootable
Does the BIOS support CD booting and if so is it set to boot from the CD? They are not by default and many older machines do not.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Peter Hoff <hoff@stat.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:05:24 -0700
>Hi all,
>
>1) I downloaded the i386 version of binary-i386-1.iso
> on a windows machine with a free, fast connection,
>2) burned the image onto a cd,
>3) and tried to use the cd to install debian 2.2 on my laptop.
>
>The problem is that my laptop (an "old" toshiba 440-cdt) doesn't
>boot the CD-rom, it just boots up the already-installed linux 2.1
>I have checked BIOS to make sure the cdrom is bootable, and my
>computer boots my old debian 2.1 cds just fine.
>
>I've looked at the contents of the burned CD: It seems readable,
>and there are lots of folders and directories on it, so I assume it
>got copied ok....
>
>Any ideas?
>Thanks much for any help
>
>Pete
>
>
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