[Techtalk] Booting from CDROM

[Conor Daly]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:45:36AM -0800 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Meryll Larkin thought:
> 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 
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Instead of this, you should look for a "boot order" entry in the BIOS
setup.  Set "CDROM" before hard disk here and you should be set.

Conor
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