[opensuse] PC won't boot from SuSE 10.2 DVD
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I have an IBM NetVista PC with a 866 MHz Pentium 3. I just upgraded to a new Samsumg DVD writer drive. The bios is configured to have the DVD drive before the hard drive in the boot order. The PC is able to boot with CD1 of the OpenSuSE 10.2 CD set but it does not boot from the OpenSuSE 10.2 DVD. If SuSE is installed from CD and the PC is running, it is able to read from that 10.2 DVD. The PC bios is updated with the latest available from IBM. I have attempted to search this list and OpenSuSE for answers to this problem. I have found a few related threads about DVD booting issues but so far have not been able to get any answers that really explain the issue and the solution. Can anyone please explain just how is a DVD boot image different from a CD one that makes older PCs not boot from them? The reason I am trying to install from a DVD instead of just using the CDs is because I want to install JAD from http://jacklab.org/ with is currently only available as a DVD iso. I tried using mkbootdisk but the resulting floppy didn't boot correctly so that was a dead end. I tried putting the DVD on another PC and using install from ftp but I think I didn't have the host setup correctly so that didn't get far either. What I ended up doing is booting from the regular SuSE CD1 then after it was booted, I replaced the CD with the JAD DVD and proceeded with the install. It appears to have worked and as far as I can tell the system is operating ok. Is this method of booting from CD and swapping to DVD a valid approach? Would there be issues with the boot CD being plain SuSE 10.2 and the DVD being the JAD customized 10.2? Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Damon Register wrote:
with is currently only available as a DVD iso.
if the dvd is readable from opernSUSE, you can as well add it as source, replacing the cd's but I would like to understand why some dvd's can't boot :-( - did you check the medium with the installed yast? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Le manuel d'optique de Lucien Dodin http://lesprismes.free.fr/optique/index.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Monday 26 February 2007 06:05:06 am Damon Register wrote:
I have an IBM NetVista PC with a 866 MHz Pentium 3. I just upgraded to a new Samsumg DVD writer drive. The bios is configured to have the DVD drive before the hard drive in the boot order. The PC is able to boot with CD1 of the OpenSuSE 10.2 CD set but it does not boot from the OpenSuSE 10.2 DVD. If SuSE is installed from CD and the PC is running, it is able to read from that 10.2 DVD. The PC bios is updated with the latest available from IBM.
Damon Register
Does any bootable DVD you are trying to boot on this PC, boot on any other PC/DVD combination? If yes, then it is probably the DVD drive. Find the latest firmware for the DVD drive and update it. It is not the PC's BIOS since it will boot from CD and bootable CD/DVDs share pretty much identical boot code (usually an image of a bootable 3.5" 1.44/2.88MB floppy). Booting to a CD and then swapping in a DVD is a valid way to get a system installed. Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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