-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Mahan Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cdrom failure
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Friday 26 December 2003 11:07 am, John wrote: > I put in a new cdrom and system still won't boot from 9.2 installation > cd. It apparently skips the cd boot and goes into the regular boot > with md 9.1. Are there any other possibilities? My only thoughts right > now are to possibly try a hammer but I would probably miss and hit my > thumb. Any help is appreciated. > Thanks > john I'm _waaaayyyy_ late to this thread so if you've already posted this information please excuse me. Are either or both CDROMs LG? If so do they have the latest firmware installed *before* you try to boot from a 9.2 install disk? If not they're probably dead but may be recoverable. Is the boot order in the BIOS set to boot from CD first or from hard drive first? Hi It is not an lg.It is a teac cdrw. Everything was working fine up until last week. Cdrom quit working and then the update killed X. 9.2 cd's came in and thought this would be a good time to install. System won't boot from cd. I have checked the bios and the boot sequence is cdrom,removable device(floppy), hardrive, network. I picked up a new cendyne cdrw this morning and tried it. Same results-doesn't work. All that happens is the led blinks continuously. john
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