Good point, Adam. Fedora boots direct. Adam Myrow writes: > It may not be a problem with the CD as much as the BIOS of some computers. > It would be good to know whether Fedora 3 boots off an emulated floppy or > directly. Slackware switched from the emulated floppy method to direct > booting around version 8.1, and many found that they could no longer boot > the CD. I think there is a reason for switching that has to do with getting > more on the CD, but the drawback, as I understand it, is that some computers > can only boot a CD that uses the 2.88MB emulated floppy method. There is a > program called the smart boot manager which can boot any partition on any > drive. Slackware makes it available as a floppy image in the rootdisks > directory of newer versions. I also think it can be built from source, but > that would require a working compiler. Unfortunately, there is no way that > I'm aware of to make it talk, so its usefulness is limited. I was able to > get it to work eventually by hitting the down arrow several times after > booting the floppy. I eventually guessed the correct number of times to hit > it, and it was able to boot a CD. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of David Bruzos > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 9:32 AM > To: W. Nick Dotson; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Fedora 3 Speakup Problem (important!) > > Hello Nick and everyone else: > Yes, there is a problem with the first FC3 cd image. It boots in some > computers in not in others. I tried to install FC3 on my desktop computer > and gave up after hours of trying and not succeeding. I checked the md5sums > and the CD image is perfect. I ended up installing > FC3 on my laptop which did boot. I have 4 computers in my house, two of > them boot and two of them do not. > It is important to say that none of these machines ever had aproblem booting > from any other installation media. So, there must be a problem with the > first CD. > I made two CD's just incase, but they both act the same way... > If anyone wants to know more about what hardware I am using etc, just let me > know. > > > Thanx! > > David B. > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:05:16AM -0600, W. Nick Dotson wrote: > > > > This I have done. When I examine the disc in Windows Explorer, I > > encounter 19 objects on the root, including the ".inf" file, a bunch > > of "readme"(s), a couple of folders. However, whereas the 2 discs in > > the folder, "rescuecd" and "boot.iso" can be booted onto and the > synthesizer brought to life and the first steps through installation media > selection run through, it isn't happening for me with the disc1. > > > > Nick > > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:44:40 -0600, Stephen Clower wrote: > > > > Hello Nick, > > > > Despite the condescention on the list, there's no realy big mystery > > to burning ISO images with Nero. Instead of specifying a particular > > image type to burn when you're in the selection dialog, just choose > > the actual file. Unlike copying straight files, the ISO images have > > been preconfigured to boot. So, all you need do is select burn > > image, choose an iso file such as FC*Disk1i386.iso, and then burn it > onto a CD. > > > > ---------- > > Stephen Clower > > Email/.Net Messenger: steve at steve-audio.net > > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > Skype: sclower > > > > Check out my little home on the web at http://www.steve-audio.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
