Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive?

From	Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive?
Date	2014-03-27 15:05 +0000
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On 2014-03-26, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-21, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> SOmetimes it seems like some options don't appear unless the hardware is 
>> there.  But I assume this is a desktop?  So both drives should be there.
>
> Yes.  I have two near identical Vaio's.  Both have DVDs, both have a
> BIOS that lists the DVD players, and both allow the DVD to be listed
> and be first boot device, which I've done on both, several times.
> Nada!  I've never been able to boot a DVD from either one.  Even
> installing Slack requires I use the CDs.  
>
> I may try the "disconnect CD player" suggestion.  
>
> nb  

If this is not a SATA DVD,
You may be able to work around this problem by chainloading
the Plop Bootmanager from your existing bootloader, then
boot the DVD from Plop BM.
Instructions to do so follow below. Choose instructions
for the particular boot loader you are using.

<start copy from: http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/plpbt.bin.html>
/If using LILO as boot loader/
5. LILO

Download the current boot manager plpbt-5.0.14.zip. 
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
Extract it to get the boot manager binary program plpbt.bin.
(for Linux)

Copy the plpbt.bin file to /boot.

Add to your /etc/lilo.conf the following

image=/boot/plpbt.bin
label=Plop

Run lilo to update lilo.

You can configure the file plpbt.bin with plpcfgbt.

/If using Grub-Legacy for boot loader/
6. GRUB / grub4dos

Download the current boot manager plpbt-5.0.14.zip.
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html 
Extract it to get the boot manager binary program plpbt.bin.

Copy the plpbt.bin file to /boot.

Add to your menu.lst

title Plop Boot Manager
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/plpbt.bin

Info: You have to choose the correct root settings in 
your configuration or you get a "Error: file not found". 
See also this Forum entry.

You can configure the file plpbt.bin with plpcfgbt.

/If using Grub2 for boot loader/
7. GRUB2

Download the current boot manager plpbt-5.0.14.zip. 
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
Extract it to get the boot manager binary program plpbt.bin.

Copy the plpbt.bin file to /boot.

Example file /etc/grub.d/40_custom

#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0

menuentry "Plop Boot Manager" {
    set root=(hd0,1)
    linux16 /boot/plpbt.bin
}

Then run update-grub2 or update-grub.

When you reboot, you should be able to start the 
boot manager from your grub menu.

Info: You have to choose the correct root settings 
in your configuration or you get a "Error: file not found". 
See also this Forum entry.

You can configure the file plpbt.bin with plpcfgbt.
<end copy from: http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/plpbt.bin.html>

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/index.html
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html

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Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-03-20 16:52 +0000
  Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-20 13:52 -0400
    Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-03-20 11:33 -0700
      Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2014-03-26 15:58 +0000
        Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-03-26 09:56 -0700
  Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-20 23:40 -0400
    Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-03-26 17:41 +0000
      Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-26 21:44 +0000
        Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-26 17:56 -0400
          Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-03-26 16:00 -0700
            Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-27 12:38 +0000
              Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-03-27 08:33 -0700
          Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-27 12:36 +0000
            Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-27 11:56 -0400
          Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-03-27 16:23 +0000
      Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-03-27 15:05 +0000

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