BP6 does not boot from CD drive

cae · Post by **cae** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:44 pm

Hi all,

I'm having trouble booting my BP6 from the CD drive. I want to install CentOS 4 and I just can't boot from the installation CD. I've checked all the cables and they are OK. The CD drive is also fine. I'm using the most recent BIOS update.
In fact, I've never been able to boot from any installation CD (W2K, Linux, etc)
Can anyone help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Carlos Eduardo.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:52 pm

cae,
Welcome to BP6.com.

Do you have the cd connected to one of the black ide ports or one of the white ones?

headseed · Post by **headseed** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:44 am

Make sure that in the BIOS you have the CD set to AUTO, not NONE. That's what was giving me a hangup before.

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:06 am

make sure you have the BIOS set to boot from the CD-Rom
before it boots from the IDE

KliK · Post by **KliK** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:16 pm

also, check that you have put CD in PRIMARY or MASTER drive on your system, if you have two CDroms!

Post by **Derek** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:37 am

You guys are goooooood

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:15 pm

you gots to state all the bleeding obvious bits
'cos he didn't say what he had done / tried