[CentOS] Installing 4.3 from CD

Mon May 29 03:07:36 UTC 2006
Mike Kercher <mike at vesol.com>

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey B. Layton
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 6:41 PM
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> Subject: [CentOS] Installing 4.3 from CD
> 
> Howdy,
> 
>    I hate to bother everyone with something so simple, but 
> I've beat my head bloody on this one. I have a new machine 
> with an MSI RS480M2-IL motherboard (ATI Xpress200 chipset) 
> and a Hammer DVD Writer (shows up as a Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9585).
> Anyway, I downloaded the CentOS 4.3 iso's and burned them to 
> CD. When I boot the new machine it says:
> 
> Boot CD:
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
> 
> 
> I've _never_ seen this error message before. I know this is a 
> RTFM kind of question, but I don't have any idea right now. Any ideas?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Jeff
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I would also make sure that your BIOS is set to boot from the CDROM.

Mike