Unable To Boot From DVD disk

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 02 December 2006 22:47, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
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> > Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> >> I don't believe its because of the hardware (even though the laptop
> >> itself is almost four years old). Has anyone been able to successfully
> >> burn bootable Fedora Core 6 iso images to DVD disks?  May it have
> >> something to do with the boot loader?  Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Can you 'look at' (open) the DVD? Does it show one large file named
> > <something>.iso or directories with files?
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> > In other words did you copy the ISO to the DVD? Or did you burn an ISO
> > image to the DVD? You should have done the second one and you should see
> > directories and files.
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> Hello David,
>
>     Yes, I was able to successfully burn the iso image to the DVD disk
> and I do see the files and directories.  By the way, I took this same
> disk and put it on a Dell Laptop of a friend of mine and it was able to
> boot the DVD successfully. So I think that it may be something on my
> laptop - perhaps the bios (it was previously set to boot from the
> CD-ROM).  Perhaps it is the bios - but I don't know what it is for
> sure.  When I put it in my DVD drive, it doesn't not boot to the DVD but
> instead goes to a normal boot up. This laptop is about four years old
> and originally had a combo drive (CD/DVD-ROM).

Jeffrey, the colour of the burned disks is not important - it's just the brand 
of media's choice.  What may be important, though, is that it is a DVD+R.  
Many older drives can read one type, + or -, but not the other.  Have you 
tried burning it to a -R?

(I have to admit that I didn't think of that when I had the problem with my 
old laptop.)

I'm sure many people have successfully burned the iso to dvd.  I certainly 
have.

Anne
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