re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system)
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Harris
(258 messages posted)
If the CD reader on the 98 machine is old enough, it may not be able to handle a
CD written by a modern high-speed writer. Or, the problem could be the CD media
itself, with respect to the capabilities of the older reader (exact color vs laser
color and so on). Or, the CD could have been written without closing it, or via
packet writing (UDF, DLA, Direct-CD).
The best guess is to try writing at a very slow speed, and maybe on different media.
As a test, while running 98, can you read anything on the CD via Windows explorer?
LINUX installation CDs are usually readable under windows.
On Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 9:00 am, daveh wrote:
>I am trying to set up a dual boot system on an old pc I've got with Windows 98se
>installed, by installing the latest Ubuntu Linux 7.04 version alongside the 98se.
>/>
However, I'm having a problem whereby the pc won't boot from the CD. I've
>got the boot sequence in BIOS set to Floppy, then CD, then Hard Disk, but when I
>reboot the pc with the CD in the drive, the boot sequence gets to
Searching
>for Boot Record from floppy..Not Found
Searching for Boot Record from CDROM..
>/>
and then it just hangs.
There's nothing wrong with the CD, because
>when I try this on my other pc with XP installed, it works perfectly.
Any
>ideas?
Cheers
daveh
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