PC does not recognize live CD

Karl Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Fri May 7 17:59:01 UTC 2010


On 05/07/2010 11:44 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>
> Tomasz Kisielewski さんは書きました:
>    
>> Hi
>> Do you have wright settings in BIOS, some machines has got boot from
>> CD disabled, enter set up by pressing DEL or other key.
>> Or try other distro's live CD. I will wait for 10.4.1 on my PC doesn't
>> display....
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>      
> I tried to disable "boot from CD" - did not succeed. There is no option
> allowing me to disable that item.
>    
     You want to assure boot from CD works!!!


> burning via Linux: I tried that too. Apparently my not PC (used solely
> for experimenting with Linux) has only a CD-ROM = cannot burn any CDs.
> * Installing Linux on my desktop PC (currently Windows XP): the last
> time I tried that, it disabled my work machine and almost put me out of
> business.
> = NOT an option. I need to have my "production machine", as some people
> on this list like to call it, running.
> So far (I spent already 3 years trying to make this thing work!) Linux
> could not guarantee me that. (Probably I am just too stupid.)
>
>    
     If you spent 3 years without success your done :'(
> The downloaded live CD does not work. What does this CD do? Please tell us in detail why it does not work.
> I cannot burn a new CD with a the Linux based computer I have.
> ALL other options so far have failed .
>    
         Please explain. I use the k3b linux cd burner and it does 
perfect every time :-)
> Now what?
> "Just" (that seems to be a term many Linxu users are allergic to) forget
> about it and resign to being stuck with 9.04?
> Is that it?
> I am under the impression that this is for a software that is supposed
> to be "extremely user friendly", "simply works", "has no bugs"
> (the usual comments on this and many other Linux related lists) a
> somewhat poor performance, isn't it?
>
> Or am I missing something essential?
> As I said before, at least 10 different version of Linux (live CDs) can
> be booted from my Windows machines, but
> (maybe = did not try ALL disks I have) only TWO from a Linux based
> computer. The others simply show up as being "mounted"
> but don't do anything.
> But since TWO disks actually **DO** boot, the BIOS setting should be OK.
> If it is not and needs a 10-million character long programming job ...
> you know, all those difficult things your are supposed to enter at the
> "terminal" ...
> I am afraid that is way beyond my capabilities.
>
> It is 3 Am and I have enough for today. Sorry. Please excuse me.
> Good night
>
> 73 Karl
>    

>    
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:04:29 -0400
>> Subject: Re: PC does not recognize live CD
>> From: tarvid at ls.net
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> Hmmm. I have not had the live CD problem on my hardware but I have
>> heard reports from friends that they don't work on some hardware and
>> knowledgeable people have reported problems in diagnosing the problem.
>> Hiding bootup detail doesn't help matters.
>>
>> I did find the cdromupgrade script on the alt CD broken - it asks for
>> a CD label other than that on the iso.
>>
>> There is a plethora of complaints about Lucid. Hopefully the 10.04.1
>> release will reduce the noise. Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
>> with Love, Enthusiasm and Faith should be our goal.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>      On 07/05/10 23:33, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>      >  On 05/07/2010 04:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>      >
>>      >>  On 07/05/10 19:36, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>>  Steve Grace 㠕ん㠯書㠠㠾㠗㠟:
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>>>  Karl Larsen wrote:
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>>  The 10.04 LiveCD is bad and it comes up with a blank screen
>>      >>>>>  with two tiny things near the bottom. When you see these try
>>      typing Esc
>>      >>>>>  and maybe it will work.
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>  The 10.04 live CD works fine here. It's just different from
>>      previous
>>      >>>>  versions; instead of asking questions about language, what
>>      you want to
>>      >>>>  do, etc., up front, it asks near the end of the boot process.
>>      Be patient.
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>  I've seen the two icons in question; does anyone know what
>>      they're
>>      >>>>  supposed to represent?
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>  Steve
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>  It does not seem to work that way here.
>>      >>>  Pressing "esc" at **ANY** time has no effect. The computer
>>      ALWAYS boots
>>      >>>  from the HDD
>>      >>>  BIOS is set to boot from CD-ROM first.
>>      >>>  LiveCDs that DO work:
>>      >>>  Ubuntu 9.04
>>      >>>  Debian
>>      >>>
>>      >>>  LiveCDs that DO NOT work:
>>      >>>  Ubuntu 9.10
>>      >>>  Ubuntu 10.4
>>      >>>  Ubuntu 8.10 etc.
>>      >>>  Mandriva
>>      >>>  Fedora 10
>>      >>>  OpenSUSE just tried 10.3
>>      >>>  Puppy
>>      >>>  PCLOS
>>      >>>  etc.
>>      >>>
>>      >>>  So, of all the disks I have (tested) TWO actually work
>>      (=meaning that
>>      >>>  the computer is functioning and booting from CD is possible.
>>      >>>  The others don't.
>>      >>>  To answer another question: except the "debian" disk, ALL disks
>>      >>>  (including the one that works = 9.04) were prepared using my
>>      Windows
>>      >>>  machine:
>>      >>>  exactly the same equipment, same stack of new CDs etc.
>>      >>>
>>      >>>  WHAT is the difference between a live Ubuntu 9.04 and a live
>>      Ubuntu
>>      >>>  9.10/10.4 etc.
>>      >>>  Since one actually DOES work, it cannot be the computer, can it?
>>      >>>  Also, someone suggested downloading a new file, burn the CD again.
>>      >>>  Does not work. This time I downloaded both the English 10.04
>>      as well as
>>      >>>  the Japanese localized version of 10.4. Neither works.
>>      >>>  And I tried this before: downloading 2-3 times, burning new
>>      disks. But
>>      >>>  that did not help.
>>      >>>
>>      >>>  What magic is required to make this thing work???
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>  Why not burn them using Ubuntu? Install k3b and burn the image
>>      with it.
>>      >>
>>      >>  BC
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >  Come on guys this is a dead herring! Both the 9.10 and 10.04
>>      >  LiveCD's are weird and have problems that a new convert from Windows
>>      >  will have problems with. The people at Ubuntu need to look at the
>>      >  problem and fix it. I suggest they just go back to the 9.04 design.
>>      >
>>
>>      Oh dear, oh dear...........
>>
>>      Both of the Live CDs for 9.10 and 10.04 I have, and downloaded from
>>      either my ISP or from the Main Repo at Canonical, are booting/going
>>      live/installing without a ANY PROBLEMS!
>>
>>      Please stop spreading FUD around!
>>
>>      BC
>>
>>      --
>>      "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
>>      endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to
>>      forgo their use."
>>      Galileo Galilei
>>
>>
>>
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