Edwin. Could it be the BIOS is set to only boot UEFI OSs? Otherwise I'd say it was a hardware failure. Regars, Peter Barker
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:30:28 PM you wrote: > Hi, > > I know a few of you will think I'm off-topic, but I have a customer's > Vista box here that won't boot. (ducking now ...) > > So I tried loading a Ubuntu live CD, then a Knoppix LiveCD. then > plugging in a USB DVD drive and trying Ubuntu again as well as Puppy - > and all had variants of the same error message, which can be summarised > as being unable to mount the CD image and therefore unable to proceed. > > Most of the information on the web indicated that this often relates to > a corrupt ISO image or one that's burned at too high a speed for the > drive to read properly, but having tried three different distros (all of > which I've used multiple times in other PCs) and two different drives, > that seems pretty unlikely. > > On the assumption that RAM problems may also prevent the mounting of a > drive on a live CD, I also checked the RAM, with no errors resulting. > > Can anyone suggest what's going on? > > NetSense Computers logoRegards, > Edwin Humphries > Mobile: 0419 233 051 > NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) > 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 > Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 > Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au > > -- > This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee > please delete it and notify the sender. > -- > > "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and > goeth from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works > of the Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys > "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the > Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather > "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is > the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a > stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as > good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein > /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten > seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid > for in factories./" Ray Bradbury -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
