Can't Boot From DVD Rom

[mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)]

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

 

[JAD]

some DVD roms do not support 'booting'

 

[AndrewJ]

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

You may have burned a +R and the drive only uses -R, or vise versa.
It's always best to burn an OS disk at 4X or less to be safe. Burn a
CD bootable instead of DVD if you have to.

 

[DaveW]

You cannot boot from a DVD, that I know of, in current motherboard BIOS's.

 

[mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)]

You cannot boot from a DVD, that I know of, in current motherboard BIOS's.

Then why does SuSE linux v9.3 come as a DVD iso image? You're supposed
to boot from it and then it can re-partition your HD and install linux?

mark
www.sixstringtheory.com

 

[Tom Hoefakker]

Then why does SuSE linux v9.3 come as a DVD iso image? You're supposed
to boot from it and then it can re-partition your HD and install linux?

mark
www.sixstringtheory.com

Booting from DVD should work fine. I've burned the SuSE 9.2 DVD iso.
Booting and installation worked fine. Not sure what if any BIOS support
is needed to boot from a DVD rather than a CD.

 

[JAD]

its not BIOS, its the firmware of the DVD rom.

Booting from DVD should work fine. I've burned the SuSE 9.2 DVD iso.
Booting and installation worked fine. Not sure what if any BIOS support
is needed to boot from a DVD rather than a CD.

 

[Andy]

Did you burn it properly? When you look at the contents of the DVD,
what do you see?

 

[Conor Turton]

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

You need to set the boot option to CDROM first. It doesn't mean CDROMs
alone but any optical drive such as DVDROM, DVDRW, CDRW.

Also I have a funny feeling you just burned the downloaded file to the CDR
so you now have a CD with xxxx.iso on it. Thats not right. If you're using
NERO, you need to choose the "Recorder" and then "Burn Image" option
finally selecting the .iso file you downloaded.

 

[mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)]

You need to set the boot option to CDROM first. It doesn't mean CDROMs
alone but any optical drive such as DVDROM, DVDRW, CDRW.

Also I have a funny feeling you just burned the downloaded file to the CDR
so you now have a CD with xxxx.iso on it. Thats not right. If you're using
NERO, you need to choose the "Recorder" and then "Burn Image" option
finally selecting the .iso file you downloaded.

Thanks to everyone who responded. I used to think I was a fairly
advanced PC user, though I'm shamefully lacking knowledge-wise when it
comes to burning CDs and, in this case, DVDs (I just never had the need
to burn many). Turns out many of you were right - the DVD didn't burn
properly the first time around. I wound up using a different brand DVD,
and this time burning it at 4x instead of 12x (actually, to make matters
worse, while burning it at 12x I was also surfing the web using firefox
and had thunderbird open too). Using Nero. Worked a charm the second
time around. Even though I set it to burn at 4x it said it couldn't read
the source file fast enough so it had to write at 2x. Seems strange
since the source file was an iso on my hard drive, but it worked
nonetheless and I installed SuSE Linux 9.2 last night (took about 45
minutes). Man...linux (at least SuSE) has come a long way over the past
2 to 3 years. I tried switching to SuSE 8.2 a couple of years ago and I
just couldn't deal with it. But now with Firefox and Thunderbird having
linux versions, and the ease of use of SuSE 9.2 (so far), I'm really
digging it.

Now I just have to figure out a way to get wine working so I can see if
I can run the one windows app I *have* to have - microsoft money 2005 or
Quicken 2004 (either of them).

Thanks again,

mark
www.sixstringtheory.com

 

[BigJIm]

try burning it to a cdr

 

[Jim]

nonetheless and I installed SuSE Linux 9.2 last night (took about 45
minutes). Man...linux (at least SuSE) has come a long way over the past
2 to 3 years. I tried switching to SuSE 8.2 a couple of years ago and I
just couldn't deal with it.

You must have an older system or limited installed memory. My Athlon XP
1700 with 512mb took only 10-12 minutes

But now with Firefox and Thunderbird having
linux versions, and the ease of use of SuSE 9.2 (so far), I'm really
digging it.

Curious here. Considering the open source development of this from the
Mozilla Suite I wonder if Firefox and Thunderbird actually started as
Linux apps. Tried searching Google without anything definitive.

Now I just have to figure out a way to get wine working so I can see if
I can run the one windows app I *have* to have - microsoft money 2005 or
Quicken 2004 (either of them).

Check out GnuCash. It may just do whatever you need without Intuit
playing a middleman role. For that matter Moneydance and KMyMoney are
also available.

 

[mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)]

You must have an older system or limited installed memory. My Athlon XP
1700 with 512mb took only 10-12 minutes

The 45 minutes included configuration too, and IIRC downloading and
installing firefox and getting all the latest patches for the installed
programs via YaST.

Curious here. Considering the open source development of this from the
Mozilla Suite I wonder if Firefox and Thunderbird actually started as
Linux apps. Tried searching Google without anything definitive.




Check out GnuCash. It may just do whatever you need without Intuit
playing a middleman role. For that matter Moneydance and KMyMoney are
also available.

I looked into GnuCash a few years ago. It's nice for what it is but I'm
not one to save receipts and enter them in manually. I much prefer the
software to connect to my financial institutions and download the
transactions into the register. Both Quicken and Money will download all
of the transaction data from all of my accounts at each institution by
clicking only one 'update' button. Perhaps the others have gotten to
this point but I doubt it. I'll check it out. I know that none of the
banks support anything but Money and Quicken (and my bank actually does
suppport Quicken - I had a problem with it a few years ago downloading
transactions from my bank and the error message said to give the bank a
call, I did, and sure enough they fixed the problem (the date on my PC
was off by a day so it wouldn't synch up).

mark

 

[Jim]

I looked into GnuCash a few years ago. It's nice for what it is but I'm
not one to save receipts and enter them in manually. I much prefer the
software to connect to my financial institutions and download the
transactions into the register. Both Quicken and Money will download all
of the transaction data from all of my accounts at each institution by
clicking only one 'update' button. Perhaps the others have gotten to
this point but I doubt it. I'll check it out. I know that none of the
banks support anything but Money and Quicken (and my bank actually does
suppport Quicken - I had a problem with it a few years ago downloading
transactions from my bank and the error message said to give the bank a
call, I did, and sure enough they fixed the problem (the date on my PC
was off by a day so it wouldn't synch up).

mark

When it comes to Linux and open source applications even a year is a
long time. I use GnuCash. My credit union and American Express each
permit direct download of QFX file data for Quicken and MS-Money users.
It also works seamlessly with GnuCash. QIF also if you prefer.

For a full review check out:
http://www.gnucash.org/