Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive?

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	2014-03-27 11:56 -0400
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2014, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 26/03/14 21:56, Michael Black wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> I dont think you understood what I said.
>
>
> In order to BOOT from a dvd, the *BIOS* needs to be fully dvd aware.
>
> That has nothing to do with being able to access a DVD ONCE BOOTED since you 
> have free choice of what drivers get loaded.
>
I see, I made an assumption.  I thought you meant something old wouldn't 
boot from DVD, when you're saying age isn't the factor.

I still find that hard to believe, since one can boot from some machines 
from DVD after a certain age, I don't see why some wouldn't.

   Michael

Thread

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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