Booting CDs on a Dell GX280 tip

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 22:39:42 UTC 2007


On 4/27/07, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/27/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/27/07, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Greetings list,
> > >
> > > I have been having issues booting from burned media on my Dell
> > > GX280's. I know it is a good boot CD since other machines (including
> > > the closely related GX260) boot the same disk fine. I think Dell put a
> > > CD drive in these models that is a bit more picky as to the type of
> > > CD-R media used with it as "pressed" CDs boot fine.
> > >
> > > Just passing on a tip to get these things booting off of burnable
> > > media: burn your install/LiveCD ISOs on to DVD-R/RW or mini-DVD-RW.
> > > The included DVD-ROM drive reads and boots them just fine. It may work
> > > for others having issues with booting from burnt media on flakey CD
> > > drives ... at least on newer machines. I know there are a few of you
> > > out there judging from reading the mailing list.
> >
> > You left out another tip regarding homemade CD/DVDs: Do not burn at
> > highest speed of burner.  Your other drives may not be able to
> > track/read those high speed burns.
>
> A good tip. I had tried that on these particular machines though and
> while it got further, it still wouldn't boot all the way.
>
> The DVDs seem to have less variation in the dyes they use from what I
> understand.

These all effect readability: medium/dye, speed (regulation/tracking),
dot size (width and length), media flatness (cause of wobble).

> /Mike




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