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sdkramer · 03-25-2007, 06:03 PM

Okay. I have a bootable Slackware Linux CD. I insert it into an old (circa 1999) Gateway I have lying around my house. The machine doesn't boot from the CD (though the BIOS is setup to boot first from CD then from the HDD). Okay, it's an old drive maybe too old to boot from CDs I think. So I move an extra newish (bought within the last year) DVD-R/CD-RW into the machine and try to boot. No dice. So I try an old bootable BSD CD. Boots right up with either CDROM.

Alright, I've isolated it. It's definately the CD. So I put the CD in my laptop, and see if I can boot from it. Yep, boots right up. Well maybe the CD is finnicky, and I burn a new copy from the ISO EXTRA SLOW. Same result. What the hell?!

Anybody have any ideas? I really don't think it has anything to do with it being an alt OS, but I'll cross post this in Alt OS as well.

Thanks in advance,

Seth Kramer

03-25-2007, 06:03 PM	#1
sdkramer Member (9 bit) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 314	Color me boggled Okay. I have a bootable Slackware Linux CD. I insert it into an old (circa 1999) Gateway I have lying around my house. The machine doesn't boot from the CD (though the BIOS is setup to boot first from CD then from the HDD). Okay, it's an old drive maybe too old to boot from CDs I think. So I move an extra newish (bought within the last year) DVD-R/CD-RW into the machine and try to boot. No dice. So I try an old bootable BSD CD. Boots right up with either CDROM. Alright, I've isolated it. It's definately the CD. So I put the CD in my laptop, and see if I can boot from it. Yep, boots right up. Well maybe the CD is finnicky, and I burn a new copy from the ISO EXTRA SLOW. Same result. What the hell?! Anybody have any ideas? I really don't think it has anything to do with it being an alt OS, but I'll cross post this in Alt OS as well. Thanks in advance, Seth Kramer