Ron Bouwhuis wrote: > Femme, > > Might not be a burner problem. An old Toshiba laptop > of mine refused to read CDs I had burnt (ML 8.0 > download). I had used CD-RWs, which had worked fine > on my newer computers. I then tried using plain CD-Rs > and the Tosh was fine. > > Just a thought, > Ron. > > --- FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Bill Spatz wrote: >> >>>On Wednesday 10 July 2002 19:10, Femme wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Trust me Nick, thats the first thing I tried! It >>> >>says it will boot off >> >>>>teh CD when I set it in the BIOS, but it doesn't >>> >>work *scratching my >> >>>>head on that one!*. >>>> >>>>Heh, next suggestion? >>>> >>>>Femme >>> >>> >>>Femme, >>> >>>Mine did the same thing to me, although I do have >> >>both drives. I found out >> >>>that my burner wasn't doing the CD right. I bought >> >>a set from linux-for-less, >> >>>another one of the cheapbytes online thingies, and >> >>it booted right up with >> >>>those. >>> >>>Bill >>>
Your suggestions perfectly valid Ron. One kink: I use only CD-R's. I never use CDRW's. Mostly b/c other CDRoms won't read them an my desktop doesn't have a burner, but my g/f's does. So I just use CDR's which the desktop reads fine. Thx though ;) Femme
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