On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:48:20 -0400, Nick Holland wrote: >This thread is a bit bothersome for a lot of reasons. However, there >is a lack of hard info so far. > >When you say it isn't booting the CD, what does this mean? Does it try >but fail with some error? Does it not even stop at the CD on the way >to attempting to boot the hard disk?
It says: Bootable CD does not exist ... and goes off to the HDD. > > >And let's see what the actual scope of the problem is: > >Does the official CD boot? (I think the point of this thread >is for some people, no it doesn't). For me: No > >Does a copy of the official CD boot? (Is there any error reported >when trying to make a copy?) I didn't make the copy but simply imaged the release CD to an iso file. Zero errors. > >For the people that say the official CD doesn't boot, do they have other >machines they /can/ boot the official CD? Yes. > >If people are spotting some machines that do and some that don't, what >happens if you move the CD drive from one that does boot to one that >doesn't? Does the problem follow the machine or the drive? I can't do that test. I have 4 identical no-go machines and only one other that I may not swap the drive out of plus 2 laptops that won't swap drives with the desktops. Besides I have the 4 identical boxes with MX36LE A-Open mobos that I posted dmesgs from yesterday. There are 2 with Diamond 52X CDR, one with a combo drive and the one that made me think I had a buggy DVD 2 layer/dvd-ram/+/-/cdr/rw/ latest and greatest. They all fail on the release CD or a copy of it. I don't believe it is drive related. BIOS maybe ? Whoops! I just remembered an old clunker around here where I am. 766 Celeron + combo drive. It won't boot release but does do the others. > >Does a CD made from install42.iso boot? Can't test that until Friday (Australian time) when it gets onto ftp. 8-) BUT install42.iso from Oct 26 snapshot does boot! As does install42.iso from Aug 24 (which had a build #374 kernel) > >Does a CD made from cd42.iso boot? Can't tell atm. > >Does a CD made from cdemu42.iso boot? Can't tell atm. I'm away from the necessary resources for a while. > > >If install42.iso or cd42.iso boot, don't be looking for code changes, >sounds like we had a bum pressing of CDs or some other "quirk" in the >way the master was made, as they all use the same boot process. Still >needs to be identified and fixed for 4.3, but it wouldn't be a code >problem. It would look like a crook boot track except for all the boxes that it works on, including that one I was trying to get four copies onto ;-) Anything else I can assist with? It's my job to help wherever I can, is it not? I can get the OS onto any of those boxes without a CD but not everyone is as well placed. ttys, Rod/ >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over?
