Can't Boot From DVD ROM Drive

Ian wrote:
 > mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom) wrote:
 >
  >>I downloaded the SuSE Linux 9.2 DVD iso image and burned it to DVD.
  >>
  >>This is the first time I've ever burned an iso image to a DVD, so I
  >>never had a reason/need to boot from the DVD drive before....good
  >>thing I didn't, because I can't!
  >>
  >>I checked my BIOS (Award 6.00PG with GIGABYTE GA-8IDML F5a
  >>motherboard) and there is no CD/DVD boot option - just CDROM. I tried
  >>every combination possible and no luck.
  >>
  >>I hope this is just something stupid I'm missing. I looked online to
  >>try to flash the bios and maybe then get a CD/DVD boot device option
  >>but I figured I'd better ask here first as I have never flashed a
  >>BIOS before and I don't want to risk it.
  >>
  >>mark
 >
 >
 > To possibly save yourself a headache, try booting from an XP CD or something
 > just to make sure it's not as simple as the Linux CD not actually being
 > bootable!
 >
 >

Thanks Ian - sure enough, that's what it was. I feel like an idiot! I
have not burned many CDs/DVDs before (never really had the need to), so
I screwed up in burning the image to DVD.

After reading your post and thinking I didn't want to go through another
burning of a DVD (and certainly didn't want to re-download the 3.2gb
iso image) I just downloaded the mini SuSE installation, which is 64mb
and runs from CD. It booted up and then it had a "check CD/DVD" type
option, so I put the DVD in and sure enough it said it was bad. Probably
the fact that, when burning the DVD image, I had it burning at 12x (on
media rated for 10x max), and had Firefox and Thunderbird open and
surfing the web at the same time while it was burning - I'm sure this is
what screwed up the image.

So I burned it this time at 2x and didn't use the PC while it was
burning and it worked fine. SuSE installed and configured in about 45
minutes. Nice OS.

Now I just have to figure out how to work the one program I need from
Windows - Money 2005 (or Quicken 2004), using Wine.

Thanks again,

mark
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