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   Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:05:42 +0100   
   From: "Dirk T. Verbeek"    
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   Subject: Re: problem w installing on older pC   
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   Dam Weasel schreef:   
   > hi,   
   >    
   > i have an older laptop pC that I wanted to try Linux on.   
   > touble is, the CD reader doesnt seem to want to read modern, 700 meg    
   > CD's, i think in the old days, CD's were smaller in size like 650 meg.   
   >    
   > it currently has that horrible windows ME on it; I want to wipe ME off    
   > and totally re-format the drive - which I assume Linux will do.  But How    
   > do i force a cd READ of the new linux releases which seem all to be 700    
   > meg?   
   >    
   > thanks for any helpful kitchen hints.   
   >    
   > Damma Dog   
      
   I'm not so sure that'll be the problem as even in the 'old days' a music    
   CD was already 700MB.   
   Have you recently tried to read a plain data CD of the 650MB variety?   
   I ask because CD, especially DVD drives tend to go bad with years.   
   You probably already did but is your BIOS set to boot from the CD drive?   
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