From: Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: LFS LiveCD Boot Failure - Disk error 10 Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:40:37 -0400
> Ross Bearman wrote: > > I found a spare 160Gb IDE hard drive laying around and so thought I'd > > try LFS scratch again. On my previous attempts I'd found getting the > > correct versions of the necessary applications a nightmare, and the > > liveCD refused to boot on my other machines. Now that I had a spare hard > > drive I could put it into my main machine which I hoped I'd have more > > luck with. > > > > For the first time it actually managed to boot up to the isolinux loader > > (blue and grey logo with the orange and black console) however after > > pressing [Enter] to boot I receive the following message: > > > > boot: > > Loading isolinux: Disk error 10, AX = 4280, drive EF > > > > Boot failed: press a key to retry... > > I assume you are trying to boot the CD in the usual way? I.e., from an > actual CD-ROM drive and a burned CD-R or CD-RW disc? If so, at this > early stage of the boot process, the problem cannot be your hard disk. > > You get an error before the kernel is even loaded. (Btw, unless you > typed in 'isolinux', the message you see must say 'Loading linux'). This > means that the boot loader is having trouble reading the disc. Very > likely, you CD-ROM drive is faulty or dirty, or your disc is dirty or > scratched, or it wasn't successfully burned. > If you use a usb-cdrom, it may not boot. At least, my computer refuse to boot linux from usb-cdrom but I can boot MSWindows by usb................................ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
