On Monday 12 August 2002 23:45, Oleg Kobets wrote: > 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.
while win98 was installed, it could read the CD, just not boot from it. so this is not a compatibility problem. and the mystery get's even more wired... tal. > > 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] -- ======================================= 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]
