Live CD won't boot

Ben Novack bennovack at gmail.com
Tue Oct 26 05:56:58 UTC 2004


Many computers, especially those that were purchased from
IBM/Dell/HP/etc, aren't set to boot from CD by default. Check your
bios boot order settings (when you boot, look for something like "F2
for setup") and make sure your CD drive comes before the hard drive.


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:07:09 +0100, Stevens, Julian C
<julian.stevens at amsjv.com> wrote:
> 
> Just downloaded the I386 Live ISO and burnt to CD last night.
> The CD appears fine - all directories/files etc visible from linux and
> Windows - but it will not boot!
> Is it possible there is a problem with the ISO image?
> 
> Julian
> 
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