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CompiledMonkey
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 Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 6:49 am Post subject: Problem during boot with minimal CD |
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When my systemt tries to boot to install, I get this message...
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ISOLINUX 2.08 2003-12-12 isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it...
isolinux: Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.
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The CDROM is being picked up just above this by the system. So I'm not sure what the deal is here. Can anybody help me? I really want to get into Gentoo.  |
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flavio
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| Which kind of box is that? Is it a laptop (Sony Vaio maybe)? Looks like the BIOS initializes the CD-ROM which is enough to boot from it, but linux doesn't recognize it later. Either that or your disk has some bad errors. |
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CompiledMonkey
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| It's an old 180mhz desktop. I've run a number of other Linux distros on it and have never had a problem with hardware detection. |
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flavio
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| Is it an IDE CD-Rom or it's one of the older CD-Rom's that require special drivers? If it's the later you may need a special kernel to boot in order to be able to access it after that. |
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CompiledMonkey
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm pretty sure it's IDE. I mean it's worked with everything else with no problem. |
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flavio
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| The easiest work around is installing from Knoppix as it has very broad hardware support. Just download Knoppix's ISO, burn it and it should detect your CD-ROM flawlessly. Then follow the instructions on how to install Gentoo from a Knoppix CD. |
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