system does not boot install cd

[Tom H]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:
> On 2013-06-24 16:37, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 24 June 2013 14:06, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>> The server boots okay from hard drive. It runs the 32bit Ubuntu just
>>> fine.
>>
>> If you plug in the DVD or USB at this point, can you read it ok?  They
>> should look like normal Ubuntu system drives with /home, /etc etc.
>
> Good point.
>
> The latest news is that the drive "keeps blinking" but the DVD is never
> recognised.
>
> My remote helper (a worker at the hosting center, who has experience with
> these things) thinks the lense is probably dirty, a common problem with
> older servers.
>
> But it might be that it is not a DVD drive, but a CD drive, as Damon
> mentioned earlier.
>
> I'll need to ask him if there is a logo on the drive, or some other
> characteristic that tells us which it is.
>
> Unfortunately it is the end of his shift now, so I'll have to wait till
> tomorrow before continuing.
>
> (My biggest question right now is how the current OS was installed not that
> long ago, but I still can't reach the person who did that.)

If you're lucky, using a CD rather than a DVD and enabling "Legacy
USB" should allow you to boot from either the CD or the USB disk.