On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 04:12:36PM -0700, alberto wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I thought they would, but I purchased a second-hand laptop VERSA SXi > with a DVD drive who won't boot my Woody disks (nor any other) > > BIOS is OK, and the drive itself, also. >
// is the cd ok? (can a different box boot it? or, can the lap- top boot any other cd?) // > Have you got any idea what may be wrong, if there IS anyting wrong > with that? > > Actually, I would like to have an answer to that, first: Is it > possible that DVD-drives won't support booting from CD? > > Any hint? > thanks so much. > alberto > > > -- > > alberto. > > // my laptop with a combo dvd/cd burner booted a woody cd (for a _base_ install, upon which i upgraded to sid). dvd's are "backwards" compatible with cd's, so if cd drive can read a cd, a dvd drive will read the same cd, as well. kthxbye. b. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
