[leaf-user] Booting VIA EPIA Mobo with Isolinux

[Julian Church]

Hi All

I'm attempting to put together a CD-based Bering firewall on a computer 
based around a VIA EPIA 5000 motherboard.

To try out my new motherboard, I tried an existing Bering CD from another 
firewall I use (Bering 1.0 I think).  I get the following error very early 
in the boot process:

ISOLINUX 1.67 2002-02-03  isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to 
wing it
...
isolinux:  Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.

Googling for fragments of this error message tells me that others have had 
this problem, and that it's due to BIOS bugs, but doesn't give a clear 
solution.  The first disc in my debian 3.0 set gives the same error 
message, but later discs in the set boot OK (I think they use different 
booting methods to help people with difficult BIOS's).

I know others on this list have used these motherboards - has anyone here 
solved this problem?

Otherwise, can anyone give me any general pointers?
Would a newer version of isolinux help?  How about varying the isolinux 
settings when I generate the disk image?
How about alternatives to isolinux?

Sorry about the general nature of these questions.

regards

Julian Church



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