Connie,

> Since you were talking about the 4 cd set in the
> past I assume that
> is what you are trying to boot.  If so there is no

Yes, this is the CD set from the 1st note.

> What cpu does this system have?

Pentium MMX, 200MHz


Troy,

> I hate to tell people that their computers are too
old ... but sometimes that is the case.  Where to go? 
> Fedora still works on the original Pentiums.

I was originally looking at Fedora.  Would Fedora Core
4 also suffer from this?

Thanks for your help,
r.m.

--- Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Randy,
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Randy Merritt wrote:
> 
> > An update to my "SL 40 won't CD-boot" problem. 
> I'm
> > using a spare Dell Optiplex Gn system purely as a
> test
> > host to try to validate the SL 40 CD's.  My
> initial
> > attempts had the BIOS trying to boot from the CD
> but
> > after a short burst of CD accesses the BIOS
> reverted
> > to booting the hard drive - hence my initial
> question
> > regarding whether disk1 of the
> > SL.40.042505.i386.discn.iso distributions was
> indeed
> > bootable.
> > 
> > My problem was resolved by a BIOS upgrade.  This
> > Optiplex was using Phoenix BIOS ver 1.10 A10.  An
> > upgrade to A12 now has disk1 booting the initial
> > install screen.  My thanks to everyone for their
> > suggestions.
> > 
> > That's the good news.  The bad news is now the
> install
> > process is in an unbreakable loop.  The initial SL
> > install screen appears.  Selecting any of the
> listed
> > install methods yields exactly the same result:
> > 
> >     Loading vmlinuz.....<a bunch of dots>...
> >     Loading initrd.img...<a bunch of dots>...
> >     Followed by a hard reboot
> > 
> > The reboot of course brings me back to where I
> > started.
> > 
> > I've tried both graphical and text mode starts
> with
> > and without 'noprobe'.  The Fn keys work.  Note
> that
> > 'linux mediacheck' and 'linux askmethod' also
> yield
> > same result.  'memtest86' fails with a different
> 
> Since you were talking about the 4 cd set in the
> past I assume that
> is what you are trying to boot.  If so there is no
> memtest86 on
> that media.  
> 
> > message - "Could not find kernel image:
> memtest86".  A
> > 'linux memtest86' yields the hard reboot result.
> > 
> > This Optiplex has 96MB of main memory and a 2GB
> hard
> 
> What cpu does this system have?
> 
> > disk.  Keyboard and mouse attached.  One internal
> > CDROM and 1.44 floppy drive.  The BIOS is set
> > correctly in terms of memory and harddisk sizing
> and
> > 'boot first from CDROM'.  Does the install start
> > process (silently) fail if it detects insufficient
> > storage resources?  I can certainly upgrade this
> host
> > but am a bit relunctant to do so if I can't get
> the OS
> > to accept it.  (I was hoping 'mediacheck' could
> tell
> > me the CD set is OK, at least enough to be
> confident
> > in spending for more memmory/harddisk)
> > 
> > There are no error messages that I can see.  Does
> this
> > sound like a bad CD image or a machine problem? 
> (the
> > 2GB harddisk has a Windows 2000 install on it that
> > boots fine).
> > 
> > Has anyone else run across this loop pattern?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > r.m.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 		
> >
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> -Connie Sieh
> 



		
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