well, in this case, maybe it's not the BIOS but the CDROM unit itself. there are varios cdroms that fail to read certain types of cd's depending how they were written, maybe it's the same with booting. try to check if this laptop can READ the rh cd's, ie. boot from something (dos, win, linux) and mount the cdrom.
Oleg. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilad Ben-Yossef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Amir Tal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Oleg Kobets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:22 PM Subject: Re: RH cd's will not boot > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 22:02, Amir Tal wrote: > > On Monday 12 August 2002 22:31, Oleg Kobets wrote: > > > ohh, i am sorry, i misunderstood you. you mean that rh cd's won't even boot > > > ?? but mandrake do. well, check your cd's then, it's the only reasonable > > > explanation i can think of. > > > > 3 distro's,3 versions, all bad ?? i dont think so... > > and just to be on the safe side, i re-downloaded the first ISO from IGLU's ftp > > again. > > and to be extra safe, that CD is booting in another machine. > > so can anyone think of anything that might cause this ? > > > > i challenge you ! ;) > > Sure - the BIOS on the laptop for some reason only boots into specific > versions of the ISO9660 standart - with Rock Ridge, 8.3, with trans.tbl, > Juliet (which isn't even ISO9660 I think but never mind) or some other. > > it is possible in that case that you loopback mount the ISO image and > recreate an ISO with a 'compatiable' format with the same content and > this should work. Maybe :-) > > > > > tal. > > > > > > > > > > Oleg. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Amir Tal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Eliran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Oleg Kobets" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:13 PM > > > Subject: Re: RH cd's will not boot > > > > > > On Monday 12 August 2002 21:42, Eliran wrote: > > > > try to create a bootdisk on another machine, > > > > > > ohh, forgot to mention - this laptop doesnt have a floppy drive. if it did, > > > i > > > could install via network. > > > > > > or set the BIOS to load CD's > > > > > > > first. > > > > > > its set. not working. > > > > > > > -- > > > > <a href="http://www.rootshell.be/~eg";>Eliran G.</a> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Amir Tal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Oleg Kobets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Cc: "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:32 PM > > > > Subject: Re: RH cd's will not boot > > > > > > > > On Monday 12 August 2002 21:32, Oleg Kobets wrote: > > > > > i beilive it has to do with bios settings. try setting NORMAL mode for > > > > > HDD's (LILO) > > > > > > > > huh ? lilo ?? > > > > this machine has a formated disk. no OS installed. > > > > i am trying to boot into the RH install cd. > > > > > > > > tal. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Amir Tal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:12 PM > > > > > Subject: RH cd's will not boot > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > > > toshiba tecra 8000 laptop, tech specepications are here : > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/pc/B000068CT7/tech-dat > > > > > > > >a /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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ======================================= > > > > > 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] > > > > > > -- > > > ======================================= > > > 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 > > > ====================================== > > > > -- > > ======================================= > > 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] > > > -- > Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://benyossef.com > > "Money talks, bullshit walks and GNU awks." > -- Shachar "Sun" Shemesh, debt collector for the GNU/Yakuza > ================================================================= 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]
