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Topic: Abnormal CD-drive or something???, ...meaning it won't boot! :(

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LeeT91

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Posted: Jan. 07 2008,23:24

Hi, I'm somewhat a noob when it comes to Linux

I seem to have a problem, when Damn Small Linux (I tried running 4.2.3, seemed to be the latest) gets to the part where it detects the CD image, it fails, and drops me to the 'very limited' shell.

I think I have one of these weird CD/DVD drives, it's an ASUS DRW-1608P3S ( http://www.asus.com/product....lmenu=1 ).

I've had the problem with other distros, Ubuntu used to, but since 7.04 it seems to work fine.

What could be wrong and what could I do to get DSL to boot, I really want to get this written to my USB flash drive!

roberts

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Posted: Jan. 08 2008,16:41

Have your tried the syslinux version?
Do you have a floppy drive? Could make a boot floppy.

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Posted: Jan. 13 2008,13:11

Something a bit similar just happened to me.

I was going to add a Promise Utra100 card to my second computer, which hasn't been used for months.

Took longer than expected, much plugging and
unplugging, etc etc etc

Now I can't boot from live CD (DSL 4x or 3x); computer reboots by itself after the "OK, booting the kernel", around the time it does the scanning for USB.

Have tried different CD-ROM drives, burned new DSL CDs, etc
Have removed hard drives, etc, including the Promise card, and left only video card and memory - also removed and reseated memory. Also removed CMOS battery, in case settings had been messed up.

This computer used to be fine.
Any idea as to how to fix it?

Thanks, Sheldon

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Posted: Jan. 13 2008,18:04

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Now I can't boot from live CD (DSL 4x or 3x); computer reboots by itself after the "OK, booting the kernel", around the time it does the scanning for USB.

Try booting with nousb? Or failsafe? (and/or debug for messages)

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