Late but late is better than never.
Thanks Robin
Update to this I can burn CD from two different operating systems in this
computer. Others I do not know about as I have not set the burner up in them.
For those of you who do not know, care, or recall this computer is set up with
drawers, you get them at CompUSA, with one HD in each drawer. Each HD has a
different operating system on it. The initial idea some 6 years back was to
test which operating system worked in my applications best with out working
with the AT THAT TIME primitive VA system program. Now I would set this up
different and will do so when the mother board is replaced as there is now
other issues of compatable with the latest hardware.
All that is well and good but this still does not solve the initial issue so I
suppose a different approach is required.
General: Can an iso be downloaded to the computer and then can the iso be made
to run installing a new distribution.
In particular the computer is set up as:
hda1 = /boot
hda2 = /home
hda3 = swap
hda4 = extended
hda5 = /home
hda6 = /home/trunk/Data
If I down load a Mandriva iso to /home/trunk/Data is there any way I can boot
directly into the Mandriva iso and use that configuration to install
Mandriva?
If this is not possible is there any other way without a network that I can
install from an iso with out spending money say $100 for a USB memory stick
or burning a DVD?
Thanks
SOTL
On Friday 08 June 2007 07:23, Robin (Bartow FL) wrote:
> If my memory serves me well, Direct Memory Access (DMA) could also be an
> issue if BIOS is not set to auto detect.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Memory_Access
>
> Even though he has a DVD burner (which is newer technology) he may be using
> it on a port along with a device that is not capable of DMA. If I
> understood correctly, he said other burning applications work fine. Those
> apps may handle IO differently.
>
> Anyway, BIOS auto detection of devices on a port is much more reliable than
> human influence.
>
> http://slug.archives.nks.net/List/slug.archive.0706/0008.html
> K3B is saying that iso is greater than 4 gb so will not burn iso.
> iso is 4.3 GB disk is 4.7 GB.
> Currently trying to use following command but am getting error
> [trunk@localhost ~]$
> growisofs -dvd-compat -Z
> /dev/dvd=/home/trunk/tmp/mandriva-linux-2007-spring-free-dvd-i586.iso
>
> :-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=2h/ASC=3Ah/ACQ=01h]: No medium
> : found
>
> What is confusing here is that k3b says there is not enough room on the
> medium and the command line is saying there is no medium. If the index of
> the medium is corrupt from a previous attempt to write, hey guess what...
> "lets play knock-knock" our heads against the wall.
>
> If hardware jumpers and BIOS parameters are legit... and a fresh install of
> k3b does not correct the issue... A live distro should be able to recognize
> what hardware is there and adjust to what each device requires.
>
> /robin>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Elliott kelliott11@cfl.rr.com
> To: slug@nks.net
> Sent: 6/7/07 6:43 PM
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] DVD iso - Help
>
> > I'd go into the BIOS setup and see what drives appear. That might be the
> > clue that helps you understand what is going on.
> >
> > Next, I'd follow Robin's suggestion and boot from a CD-based distro.
> >
> > I'm a bit foggy, but it seems like I had a system that worked oddly when
> > the CD writer was connected as the master to the second ATA port (one HDD
> > on the first port). When I moved it to the first port as a slave, it
> > worked fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ken Elliott
> >
> > =====================
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