CDROM Boot Image insanity

[Elaine Normandy]

I had this problem with the boot cdrom as well.  I made an alternate iso 
as per instructions in Bugzilla 111723, and was able to install from the 
altered disk.  I would cheerfully provide the name of my specific 
machine and bios revisions except I need instructions on how to find 
this information.  I stumbled around in the CMOS menus for a bit without 
finding it. 

uname -a shows

Linux elainelinux 2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1 #1 Fri Mar 12 14:01:55 EST 2004 i686 
athlon i386 GNU/Linux

My hardware is a generic box bought from a local storefront so I 
wouldn't have to pay for a Windows license I had no plans to use. If 
someone will tell me how to determine more specific information, I will 
post it to the bugzilla report.

Andrew Farris wrote:

>Reporting your specific machine and the bios revisions to this bug may
>be helpful since you see the problem come and go--most just can or can't
>boot from the cd.
>  
>


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Elaine Normandy (Colorado Springs)
Weblog: http://www.stardel.com/fiveacres/