Can't boot from DVD drive
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From: Flip Wilson on 17 Jan 2010 08:59 "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote in news:hiv4ai$obh$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: > > Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? In the CMOS setup utility, my CDROM drive shows up as "SONY CD-RW CRX" under "IDE Primary Master". My DVD drive shows up as "HL-DT-STDVD-RA" under "IDE Primary Slave" As for boot options, there are 9 options: 1) Floppy 2) - 4) Card Reader 5) - 7) Hard drives 8) "CD/DVD: PM-SONY CD-RW CRX216" 9) Disabled So my CD drive is available to boot from.
From: Flip Wilson on 17 Jan 2010 09:01 philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in > > That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it > > Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD I did try unplugging the power and data cables from the drive, rebooting, then plugging both back in to let the bios re-detect it, but nothing appears to have changed.
From: Jan Alter on 17 Jan 2010 11:05 "Flip Wilson" <Rightback(a)cha.com> wrote in message news:hiv539$gff$5(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote in news:hiv4ai$obh$1(a)news.eternal- > september.org: > >> >> Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? > > In the CMOS setup utility, my CDROM drive shows up as "SONY CD-RW CRX" > under "IDE > Primary Master". My DVD drive shows up as "HL-DT-STDVD-RA" under "IDE > Primary > Slave" > > As for boot options, there are 9 options: > 1) Floppy > 2) - 4) Card Reader > 5) - 7) Hard drives > 8) "CD/DVD: PM-SONY CD-RW CRX216" > 9) Disabled > > So my CD drive is available to boot from. > > So what happens if you choose > 5) - 7) Hard drives and select the subcategory HL-DT-STDVD-RA ? -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net
From: philo on 17 Jan 2010 11:11 Flip Wilson wrote: > philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in >> That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it >> >> Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD > > I did try unplugging the power and data cables from the drive, rebooting, > then plugging both back in to let the bios re-detect it, but nothing > appears to have changed. Well if the device is usable from within the OS it's got to be OK It should be listed somewhere in the bios?
From: Flip Wilson on 17 Jan 2010 14:20
"Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote in news:hivcec$bap$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > So what happens if you choose > 5) - 7) Hard drives and select the > subcategory HL-DT-STDVD-RA ? I'm sorry, Jan. I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The list I was referring to were available boot devices. I don't think there are any subcategories. 5) - 7) Represent my 3 hard drives. |