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| From | Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Why no boot DVD from DVD drive? |
| Date | 2014-03-20 11:33 -0700 |
| Organization | dis |
| Message-ID | <lgfc9b$oc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <bp0kmlF7aqdU1@mid.individual.net> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1403201349001.31518@darkstar.example.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 03/20/2014 10:52 AM, Michael Black wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014, notbob wrote: > >> My problem: I cannot boot a liveDVD (or any other bootable DVD) from >> my Sony Vaio P4 box, despite it having a both a DVD and CD-ROM player >> and with the AwardBIOS 2.3 configed to boot from the DVD player. Why? >> >> Live and bootable CDs boot, no problem, from either disc player. But, >> DVDs, nada. It's not the DVDs, which are burned from .iso via K3B. >> Not even factory burned DVDs will boot. >> >> Settings on Award boot for this drive are: >> Secondary Master DW-U12A >> Type Auto >> PIO Mode 4 >> UltraDMA Mode 2 >> >> >> >> spec according to latest lshw: >> >> *-firmware >> description: BIOS >> vendor: Award Software, Inc. >> physical id: 0 >> version: ACPI BIOS Revision 1001 >> date: 12/05/2002 >> size: 64KiB >> capacity: 192KiB >> capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot >> bootselect socketedromedd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 >> int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9key\ >> board int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp >> >> >> The DVD player is on IDE secondary master: >> >> *-cdrom:0 >> description: DVD writer >> product: DVD RW DW-U12A >> vendor: SONY >> physical id: 0.0.0 >> bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0 >> logical name: /dev/cdr >> logical name: /dev/cdr0 >> logical name: /dev/cdrom >> logical name: /dev/cdrom0 >> logical name: /dev/cdrw >> logical name: /dev/cdrw0 >> logical name: /dev/cdwriter >> logical name: /dev/cdwriter0 >> logical name: /dev/dvd >> logical name: /dev/dvd0 >> logical name: /dev/dvdr >> logical name: /dev/dvdr0 >> logical name: /dev/dvdrw >> logical name: /dev/dvdrw0 >> logical name: /dev/dvdwriter >> logical name: /dev/dvdwriter0 >> logical name: /dev/sr0 >> version: 2.0e >> serial: [ >> capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r >> configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc >> >> >> I see the BIOS capabilities include "cdboot" and "bootselect", but no >> DVD boot. Is that the issue? This both a Sony box and a Sony DVD >> ATAPI player. I realize Sony is notorious for their DMR hardware, but >> It's an ASUS P4S533VL mobo. The question is, can I change it so I can >> boot from the DVD? I see no option to "bootselect" anywhere. I'm >> runnning Slackware 14.1. >> > If you can't tell the computer to boot from the DVD drive, that likely > is the issue. > > This computer isn't new, but I noticed it has a separate keys to get > into bios and to set the boot order or whatever. I cant' remember if the > bios allows the boot order setting or not. But the bios screen says > something about "press this for bios, press that for bootselect". So > maybe look more carefully. > > When I had problems, I'd use the smartboot manager that used to (and > maybe still) comes with Slackware. I think you can run that from a USB > flash drive, and surely the instructions for that are now there if it > can. So that is booted (assuming you set the boot device to be the USB > flash drive) and a little program runs that lets you select what to boot > from. > > Michael And some BIOS/UEFI are really fussy. I tried to install my version of PCLOS onto a big Dell with i5 and it would not use my distro but the PCLOS Full Monty with a lot of eye candy(6 Virtual Desktops with a theme for each) worked. No idea why. A week later I might have tried to fit it with Fedora 20 but at least I have a vague idea of how to advise my friend with the Dell to deal with things he hasn't learned yet. bliss
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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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