Knoppix 3.9 - won't boot from CD

08-02-2005	#1 (permalink)
Zarger Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 2	Knoppix 3.9 - won't boot from CD I'm totally new to Linux, but I'm interested in learning Trying to install Knoppix 3.9 from a CD, but the system (Debian running) ignores it. The boot order is okay, so it should boot from the CD before looking to the harddrive. Downloaded the 3.9 file from a German mirror and burnt it onto a CD. Anybody got any clues on why this is happening? Grateful for any replies.

08-02-2005	#2 (permalink)
serz Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 908	You have to setup your BIOS so it boots from CD.. __________________ serzsite.com.ar "All the drugs in this world won\'t save you from yourself"

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Originally Posted by serz

You have to setup your BIOS so it boots from CD..

The BIOS is set so that it'll boot from CD...it seems as if it "looks at" the CD, but then goes straight to the harddrive and starts Debian.

Someone said that it might not find the boot part of the CD, but I just burnt the file I downloaded from a German mirror site onto a CD, so it should work

08-03-2005	#4 (permalink)
serz Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 908	Did you burn the ISO image correctly? How to Burn ISOs __________________ serzsite.com.ar "All the drugs in this world won\'t save you from yourself"

08-08-2005	#5 (permalink)
rogueattack Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 27	I was having probles like that too on my mothers computer. I knew the disk was good because I had used it on mine. I ended up making a boot floppy from http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm and it works great.

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