I'm purely speculating here but maybe the bios is looking in the wrong place on the CD. There might be an incompatibility between modern boot cds and old bios... Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Klaus Steden > Sent: 31 January 2008 19:23 > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: Weird issue trying to boot Dell 2450 ... > > > Hi there, > > I've encountered a strange issue trying to bootstrap an old Dell 2450. It > will boot from floppy, it will boot from a Dell provisioning CD, but it > won't boot from a CentOS disc (neither the LiveCD nor a CentOS 4.5 ISO), > and > it won't boot its own hard drive. > > I'm working around it using a boot floppy (!! how vintage) to bootstrap > the > OS into loading, but I'm baffled as to why it won't load itself by any > other > means. When Windows 2003 was installed, it booted off the hard drive fine, > so I know it -can- do it ... but I have no clue why it won't load Linux on > its own. > > Has anyone ever had an experience like this with a machine, Dell or > otherwise? It's running Fedora Core 6, so it's a fairly current OS, and > has > no issues when the OS is actually loaded. > > I'm okay with it booting off the floppy but that seems like kind of a > ghetto > solution, so I'd rather not have to if I don't have to. > > thanks, > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
