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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? |
| Date | 2014-03-26 17:56 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1403261755080.13959@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 26/03/14 17:41, notbob 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 >> > There may simply not be enough smarts in the BIOS to 'understand' a DVD. > > If windows of that era came on CDS, why bother? > I don't know what "that era is", but I first got a DVD drive in a 1GHz computer, it was a hand me down that I got at the end of 2003. So something has to be actually old to be before that time. Michael
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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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