I can't boot from CD...

[Sparky Anderson]

I stick in a CD to boot from (win2k, linux install), and I can't boot from any CD. I have gone into the bios and changed the boot sequence setting to "CDROM, A, C" but it just seems to completely bypass this.

My PC is:
p3 700 @ 868
Abit BE6
512 MB PC133 Micron
etc...
etc...
the rest of the specs are in my rig link down below...


Anyone have any idea why this would happen?

 

[CedarTeeth135]

Don't know what the problem is, maybe try using a regular startup disk.

I haven't had much experience booting from C.

I'm assuming this is a newly formatted drive. I remember reading that you have to use the command "format c: /s" or something like that to make the drive "bootable."

 

[nihil]

Originally posted by: CedarTeeth135
Don't know what the problem is, maybe try using a regular startup disk.

I haven't had much experience booting from C.

I'm assuming this is a newly formatted drive. I remember reading that you have to use the command "format c: /s" or something like that to make the drive "bootable."

fyi, he/she is trying to boot from their cd-rom. not the c drive.

 

[dkozloski]

Some systems require that the CD-ROM drive be auto-detected by the BIOS every time in order to boot from it. Check your drive settings in CMOS.

 

[LordAccord]

yeah, there was a thread about this not to long ago... definitely have the drive be detected. Otherwise, the next step I suggest is unplugging all your drives and setting it to only boot from CD. Also, if the CD is on a SCSI card or something then you cant set it to boot from CD, you have to set it to a SCSI boot source, but I doubt thats the issue here.

LoRdAccord

 

[bacillus]

by any chance is your cdrom attached to a pci ata controller card?

 

[hmsrolst]

I'm running W2K on an Abit BX133, which I believe is pretty much the socket 370 version of the BE6, and I've never been able to install it by booting from the CD. I had to make the 4 setup disks.

 

[tboneuls]

you may need to make a boot disk with cd rom support. you could look around and see if you need your cd drive auto-detected for that, but just make a boot disk and skip all that.