Live CD on dual boot

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

2009/3/24 Saba Moshe <sabamoshe at gmail.com>:
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:11:44 -0400
> From: Dirk Freitag <unreal.linux at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Live CD on dual boot
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
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> Saba Moshe wrote:
>> In my computer's BIOS CD is the first in the boot order.
>>
>> I was using LiveCDs of different disros to decide which of them will I
>> install.
>>
>> Since I installed Ubuntu dual-boot with XP I lost the abilty to boot to
>> any LiveCD.
>>
>> Is there an entry I can add to the grub file to enable me to choose a
>> LiveCD boot?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Saba Moshe
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> The fact that your system is dual-booted should not matter when it comes
> to loading LiveCDs.  I have been triple booted before and still able to
> load a LiveCD.  Double check your BIOS and make sure that the CD is set
> to boot before the HDD.
>
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> Dirk Freitag
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>>>>
>
> Thank you Dirk for your prompt note, so I thought.
>
> I double checked it before posting, and also searched for relevant postings
> in Ubuntu's forums and on Google, but found nothing relevant. Facts are: Cd
> is first in BIOS' boot order, there is a Live CD in the CD tray, but it
> boots to grub's boot menu.
>
> I assumed that if I add to the grub file an entry with the CD as target,
> I'll be able to choose it from the boot-menu. But it probably needs mounting
> first the cdrom and I am too newbie to create this entry by myself.
>
> Any lead will be appreciated.
>
> Saba Moshe


Once BIOS is set to CD first, it doesn't matter what you have in your
HD or if you even have a HD.

Does it happens with other bootable CDs you might have?

Do you have more than a single CD or DVD unit?

Have you tried setting your BIOS to none HDs?


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