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Old 11-04-2006, 06:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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For some reason, my compy won't boot from the linux cd that I made. I have the CDROM before the hard dirve in the boot order anf I'm pretty sure I made the linux CD right.... Solutions?
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Did you burn it as a CD image?

If you burnt it as a data one it won't boot.
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Problem solved.... I had the disk in the wrong drive, I think it had to be in the master......
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