[ncolug] Re: General Live CD Question
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:41:18 -0500
I'm with Stick here... the disk error should only show when the system is
unable to boot to whatever devices are set before it in the BIOS boot
order. I have see some quirks with Linux boot CDs on systems with bad HDDs,
but those situation were scrolling messages saying that there was some sort
of bus time out.
I'd have liked to have seen this issue.
Mike K.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 2:32 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This one has me stumped.
>
> If the BIOS is issuing the Drive error message, then how is the Windows CD
> loading? By the time the system tries to boot the CD-ROM drive it has no
> idea what OS is on the CD... Certainly if a Windows CD can boot a Linux CD
> should be able to boot...
>
> My arm-chair diagnosis suggests that there's an unhealthy relationship
> between BIOS manufacturers and Microsoft.
>
> The short answer is that ALL systems should be willing to boot any CD the
> user requires when the system has a failure such as this...
>
> Now, I'd want to see what SpinRite says about that hard drive. If there's
> a chance that the data on the drive can be accessed, then SpinRite is the
> tool to do it. (Note. I do not work for, nor do I represent Gibson
> Research Corporation. I don't even share the same last name as the
> founder... Not everyone on this list can say *that*...)
>
> Chuck
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