Re: booting from DVD? SOLVED
Miles Fidelman(mfidelman@meetinghouse.net) is reported to have said:
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>> Wayne Topa wrote:
>>>
>>> If you have k3b installed you could try usig it to create a bootable
>>> dvd.
>>>
>>>
>> just tried k3b, and it wasn't bootable either
>>
>> I've tried burning several images that purport to be bootable, but I'm
>> guessing there are some parameters I have to set as well. When I burn
>> CDs, they just work - but the DVDs don't (readable, but not bootable) - so
>> I'm not sure what's going on.
>>
>>
> turns out my drive needed a firmware update
>
> updating the firmware fixed the problem - turns out I was burning DVDs just
> fine, but the drive wasn't recognizing them
>
> pulled the drive, stuck it in my kids' windows machine, ran the flash
> utility, put the drive back in my tower - and now it boots just fine
Glad you found the problem!
W
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