On 21 June 2012 14:57, Roger Searle <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/06/12 13:56, Aidan Gauland wrote: > >> Well, now that exams are over, I tried Puppy Linux, but the BIOS refused >> to boot from the disc. I have no idea why. >> > I've had numerous occasions where a particular cd/dvd drive fails to see a > particular disk with distro burnt to it. The md5sum of the downloaded ISO > is always correct, k3b (or what ever) reports a successful burn, it's not > that. It's simply that some drives and some disks randomly just won't play > nice. Burn another one and try again. >
Make sure that both the writeable CD and the lens in the CD / DVD drive are both spotlessly clean. Then check that the md5sum of the data on the CD / DVD is good. If it is, and the CDs ( this and other ones ) remain obstinately unbootable you probably have BIOS setting problems. -- Sincerely, Christopher Sawtell
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