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  1. March 19th, 2006, 04:54 PM #1
    Miff Mole
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    Question Can't see bootable Linux CD on startup?

    Hi

    I'm only semi-technical so forgive if I'm asking something dumb.

    I'm trying out a couple Linux systems-on-a-CD: Knoppix and Puppy Linux.

    The image CDs I burned both work in my friend's notebook--I used Knoppix as a rescue disk to pull off his hard drive files before restoring his crashed system.

    But neither is seen as bootable by my 5-year old desktop. I get a message something like "No bootable ATAPI CD seen".

    What gives? A BIOS issue? Something I need to change in ISOLINUX?

    I have an AOpen AX34 motherboard R1.09, Award BIOS 4.60.

    Any help will be appreciated.
    Last edited by Miff Mole; March 19th, 2006 at 05:07 PM.
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