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Re: [internetworkers] Problems with booting from CD
- From: John Broome <jbroome AT gmail.com>
- To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Problems with booting from CD
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:48:08 -0500
On 2/11/06, S B <merlin180 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having problems getting my 1998 vintage IBM Aptiva to boot from some
> particular CDs, but not others.
>
> If I try to boot from the Ubuntu install or live CDs, the PC ignores them
> and tries the other devices in the boot sequence.
>
> The PC will boot other CDs, such as the Knoppix live CD.
>
> My (more recent) laptop will boot from the Ubuntu CDs just fine.
>
> My first thought was to get the BIOS up to date but IBM/Lenovo no longer has
> my model on their download page.
>
> Any suggestions for other things to try ?
Hi Simon,
Try this boot floppy:
http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm
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