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Rob Beard wrote: > On 13/05/10 16:33, Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Anyone any ideas please. Twice recently I have tried to run a live CD >> from my desk top computer. Both times the CD has been ignored. And, to >> answer the obvious question, I have checked the BIOS and the CD/DVD >> drive is top of the boot list. >> >> Both those same CD's worked as expected on my laptop. >> >> Anyone ?? >> >> Neil >> > > I've seen that occasionally when a CD or DVD drive might be taking a > while to initialise the disc (tends to happen to me with CDRW or DVDRW > discs). You could try pressing the Pause/Break key when the BIOS comes > up and waiting a few seconds until the drive light has stopped flashing > and see if that works. > > Other than that, does the CD read okay from the OS on the machine you're > trying to boot? (for instance does the CD work in the existing OS?) Once the computer is up and running it recognises the CD and I can look at the files on it. > > Maybe you could also try booting from USB if it's supported or looking > at something like Smart Boot Manager which IIRC can be booted from a > floppy (assuming you have a floppy drive and disk kicking about). > > Rob > I suppose I could burn another CD at a slower speed. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html