Re: CD-R cannot boot a bootable CD made by CD-RW

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One more thing which you have probably already verified, but don't
mention specifically, is whether ANY disk is bootable in the the
CD-ROM.  Is it in the boot sequence / can you boot using the CD-ROM and
another bootable CD?

-Ed



On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 02:46, Greg Morgan wrote:
> Chan Hang Lam wrote:
> > Sorry all,
> >  
> > I re-write my question as it is not clear.
> >  
> > I made a CD-RW disc from CD Recorder under RH90.
> > The disc is bootable in CD Recorder.
> > But it is not bootable in CD-ROM.
> > Any suggetion ?
> Chan,
> 
> I can think of two hardware issues that could cause your problems.  One,
> your CD Recorder device is multi-read by its very nature.  Some older
> CD-ROM devices are not multi-read devices in that they can read a CD-R
> but cannot read a CD-R/W disk.  The device must be multi-read before it
> can boot from a CD-R/W as I recall.  Two, check your burn speed.  Let's
> say your CD Recorder can read/write at 40X and let's say that your
> CD-ROM is older and can only read at 4X.  If you burn a CD-R/W disc at
> 10x or a CD-R at 30X, your older CD-ROM drive may not be able to read
> it.  It sounds like you are having physical drive issues and the rest of
> your process is to create a bootable disc is ok.  I proposed these
> options from my own experience.  ;-)
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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