Subject: RE: Burning a live CD
To: Michael D. Spence <spence@panix.com>
From: Michael Gorsuch <mgorsuch@fogcreek.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/29/2006 16:07:35
Will you send me the url to this iso?  I want to download it and give it a
shot.

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
>> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Michael D. Spence
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:17 PM
>> To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>> Subject: RE: Burning a live CD
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
>> > [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Swiger
>> > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:50 PM
>> > To: Michael D. Spence
>> > Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>> > Subject: Re: Burning a live CD
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>> > Michael D. Spence wrote:
>> > > In every case, I can see the CD light blink, but then I get
>> > a message
>> > > from the BIOS that indicates there's nothing on the disk
>> > (each computer
>> > > has a different message because they all have a different BIOS).
>> > >
>> > > ISTM that the boot blocks aren't getting written.  Should this be
>> > > expected when an ISO image is copied onto a CD-ROM?  If
>> not, how do
>> > > I get this to happen?
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>> > Can you boot a diagnostic CD or Windows CD on these machines?
>> > Something like Mem86 or http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/...?
>> >
>> > --
>> > -Chuck
>> >
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>> A Windows CD boots fine.
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> One PC (an HP) says: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS
> ENTER.
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> Another (a Dell) says: Boot device not available, F1 to retry, F2 to enter
> setup.
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> Don't know if this is instructive or not.
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