joe a composed on 2023-12-29 12:36 (UTC-0500):
Well, dear oh dear. Through some brilliant observational and deductive skills, one discoveres the real difference between bootable and non bootable discs was . . . CD's boot, DVD's don't.
Furthest thing from my mind as the 2 IDE drives are clearly DVD and CD capable. That both should fail to read DVD seems a bit much. That it should actually be a BIOS or some other mainboard issue remains possible, but . . .
In any case, have to hunt up or buy another DVD drive.
NET installation media is CD. It's the much more common installation method here. I expect you're still going to get stung by zypper not working in TW. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata