help to install

[Robert Stockdale IV]

I also had this problem on a mini-itx system. The drive actually would boot
for the first few attempts. Then it stopped and continues to refuse a CD
boot. I resorted to using an external USB DVD-RW/CD-/+RW unit. Works for me!
Bob


On 6/16/07, NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/16/2007 04:40 PM, James Takac wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > I've also found over time that the speed at which the cd is burnt can
> > affect the ability of some drives to read them. So I burn my iso's at
> > the lowest speed I can. If I go too far up in speed when burning then
> > it fails to read altogether or gives numerous errors on one of my
> > pc's
> >
> > James
>
> I can second that. I've had problems in the past when burning at speed
> on a machine that can easily burn and read at the rated CD (48X for
> example), but many of my older systems only have CD's that read at 8 or
> 9X. I've learned to burn install iso's at the lowest possible setting in
> K3b.
>
>
>
>
>
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