ISO boot of latest 8.04

[NoOp]

On 08/07/2008 09:47 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org> wrote:

>> This is the correct MD5 for the 8.04 desktop i386 CD. So either your
>> burning of that ISO is incorrect (maybe your media are too small) or you
>> might have a hardware problem...
>>
>> GIlles.
>>
> Gilles~
> Well, the same box with the same config is currently finalizing the install
> of XP (from orig media) so I can't say it's the hardware. I used Nero to
> burn the CDs. I have to get more blanks, but I'd be open to suggestions as
> to what else to burn it with - my other linux machine doesn't have a cd
> burner, so at the moment, only my work laptop (sadly forced to run M$ there)
> has that capability... The discs are 700MB, the iso is 694MB...

Simply because it may work with Windows doesn't necessarily mean that
the bios or harware is working properly. Try using acpi=off as Nigel
suggested.