On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:38 -0600, "Richard Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:23 AM, dave boland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:44 -0600, "Richard Nelson" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:24 PM, dave boland <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > This afternoon I use the web tool to make a live build so I could get > >> > When I booted the live CD the software started to complain about ata2 > >> > (error -5 and -16), and UTF not recommended for FAT. Same results in > >> > Safe Mode. First question -- why was the hard drive being checked to > >> > begin with? This is a livecd, not an install CD. There is no ata2, so > >> > the software (I hesitate to call it the installer because I was not > >> > installing any software) got this really wrong. > > ... snip ... > > >> > >> So did it boot to kde? > >> > >> > > No. Even the command line was not usable. It looked like it completely > > aborted because there was no hard drive (which there is -- just not a > > second one). Are there any diagnostics I can try, or would I be smarter > > to get some blank DVD's and use the already compiled KDE version? > > Can you try a usb key since this is a hybrid-iso image? > I will have to get one, but I don't see the value of doing it because I know it is not a CD problem. I'm also not sure if USB boot is supported by the BIOS (will check tomorrow morning).
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