On Monday 12 August 2002 22:19, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 20:12, Amir Tal wrote: > > toshiba tecra 8000 laptop, tech specepications are here : > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/pc/B000068CT7/tech-d > >ata/ref=pc_de_a_smtd/103-3271279-5675812 > > > > an reason why RH 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, and 6.2 install cd's wont boot there ? > > mandrake 8.0-8.2 seems to work. > > El Torito (the bootable CD standart) is a maze of twisty little > passages, all broken. > > Can you write exactly what happens when you try to boot - e.g. where > exactly does it stop?
CD spins for 3-4 sec's, and then windows load. now i did an fdisk and deleted everything, so i get an ugly message saying "operating system is not found"... you get the idea.. some points to consider : 1) those Cd's boot in other machines, so this is not a media problem. 2) mandrake and gentoo Cd's are booting in this machine, so this is not a hardware problem. 3) WTF ?!?! >does the BIOS recognise there is a CD and try to > boot it but something fails afterwards or does the BIOS bnever attempts > to boot the CD? is the media original or burned in both cases and have > you tried to burn another copy? can you check which file system the > images hold - ISO9660, ISO9660 ISO9660 with Rock Ridge extentions, Juliet, some > other variant thereof? > > Try to supply as many details as possbile, maybe we'll find a hack. > > Gilad. > > > -- > > ======================================= > > Amir Tal > > Owner, Founder > > Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal > > Voice: +972-8-9363164 > > Cell: +972-58-978979 > > ICQ: 15748705 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > URL: http://www.whatsup.org.il > > ====================================== > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ======================================= Amir Tal Owner, Founder Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal Voice: +972-8-9363164 Cell: +972-58-978979 ICQ: 15748705 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.whatsup.org.il ====================================== ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
