CD Boot Problems

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brad.mugleston at comcast.net a écrit :

>I've got FC4 running on my notebook - against my best wishes I
>need to install XP on it for my daughter - she has a class that
>requires Windows to run a program from the class.  I don't have a
>windows machine in the house (I do have a bunch of Linux machines
>though).
>
>Well, I happen to have XP, came with a computer.  The notebook
>will no longer boot off a CD - could it be GRUB?  The BIOS is
>setup to boot from the CD but no go.  Or maybe my XP disk is bad
>(after all it is windows).
>  
>
A solution I use is Qemu: it allows you to run another OS in your linux 
session, no need to have a partition for it. So I have an W2k and XPHome 
(official) installed on my notebook ;-)

For your CD, try to see if you can read it from your linux session and 
try to boot from your FC4 CD, you will then know if it's a CD problem or 
a boot one.
-- 
Daniel