Hmmm, I wonder ... it might be easier just to swap out the drive for a different (newer) one, if I can find one lying around. However ... I'm still a little baffled as to why it won't boot the hard drive directly, either. Klaus On 2/4/08 11:00 AM, "Matt Fahrner" <Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx>did etch on stone tablets: > There might be a firmware image that you can use to upgrade the CD > drive. I've been able to get CD readers to recognize additional media by > getting the latest firmware in (or in some cases, hacked firmwares)... > > - Matt > > Klaus Steden wrote: >> >> Yeah, the CD is fine (I can read it elsewhere), so I think you¹re right >> about it not being able to read CD-RWs. I wouldn¹t be surprised, this >> machine is quite old (Pentium 3!!) >> >> cheers, >> Klaus >> >> On 2/1/08 11:31 PM, "dwight at supercomputer.org" >> <dwight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>did etch on stone tablets: >> >> Many older systems have CD-ROM drives that only support CD-R format. >> They won't recognize a CD-RW disk. That would be the first thing >> that I'd check. I used to have a system like that. >> >> The key question here is whether Fedora ir CentOS will even read the >> CD that you have. If it is indeed a media incompatibility, then no >> OS will be able to read it. If the CD can indeed be read, then I'd >> suspect a BIOS issue. >> >> -dwight- >> >> On Thursday 31 January 2008 11:23:27 am Klaus Steden wrote: >>> 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
