[Techtalk] Booting from CDROM

[Meryll Larkin]

12/17/02

Hi All,

The computer that I built as a Server is not booting from CDROM.  It did 
boot from CDROM before there was an OS (RedHat Linux 7.2) on it, but now 
that I want to UPGRADE, I'm having a difficult time.

When I upgraded on my Developer box (RedHat 7.3, a computer which I did 
not build) I popped the CD into the CDROM and rebooted.  The computer 
booted to the CD.

When I attempted the same with my Server, it booted to the hard drive 
and did not read the CD.  I am annoyed that my server is not defaulting 
to attempt to boot from a CD when a CD is in the CDROM drive at boot 
time.  I suspect this is my fault.

When I run cat /etc/fstab on the Server and the Developer box, my 
results are identical.  When I entered the BIOS during the boot process 
and attempted to reset the primary master and slave, the boot process 
would not continue after I made the changes (error message) - which is 
what makes me think this is a hardware instead of a software issue.

I suspect that I neglected to make the harddrive the slave to the CDROM, 
and I'm not sure if I should be messing with my cables, my jumpers, or 
if there is some other piece of software I don't know about that I could 
set.

Does this sound right?  When I open my Server should I try the jumpers 
on the Harddrive first or the cables?

Meryll

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Meryll Larkin
http://www.alwanza.com
Perl Programmer - Web Developer - Linux Apache Admin
Seattle, WA, USA