re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:43 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by daveh (127 messages posted) Thanks for the reply. I have solved the problem by burning the file to a cd whilst using the 98se machine at a much lower cd burning speed to the original cd which was burnt at a high speed on my XP machine Cheers daveh On Monday, June 11, 2007 at 1:46 pm, Richard Harris wrote: >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. > > > Written in response to: re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (Richard Harris: Monday, June 11, 2007 at 1:46 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (daveh: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 9:00 am) re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (gewg_: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 10:25 am) re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (Jacob6601: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 4:38 pm) re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (daveh: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 2:34 pm) re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (Richard Harris: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 1:46 pm) re: Won't boot from Linux CD (98se system) (daveh: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 2:43 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum