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   From: "Jan Alter"    
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   Subject: Re: BIOS won't let CD-ROM start Ubuntu for install   
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   "Dirk T. Verbeek"  wrote in message    
   news:45cf5d8d$0$333$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...   
   > Jan Alter schreef:   
   >> Despite the fact that this Abit BX6 (V.2) mb says I can boot from the    
   >> CD-ROM drive, it won't. I've been doing a google search to see if there    
   >> is a floppy Ubuntu startup disk that would allow me begin the    
   >> installation and chain it to the Ubuntu CD, that I burned from an ISO    
   >> file, and appears to work.   
   >>    I tried flashing the bios yesterday several times with newer bios    
   >> versions but though the flashing worked fine the CD-ROM still would not    
   >> work as the first device choice in the bios menu. No wonder the friend    
   >> gave it to me free.   
   >>    Does anyone out there know how I can get Ubuntu installed when this    
   >> situation occurs?   
   >> By the way, I currently have XP running on the box and was able to    
   >> install using a set of 7 floppies that lets one begin the install from    
   >> the A: drive and then switch to the CD-ROM to continue and finish.   
   >> Thanks,   
   >   
   > It might be a jumper on the CD drive that does not allow booting.   
      
   That would be easy except that I have two CD-ROM drives connected to the    
   machine and have tried both as far as booting the disk. I have also used the    
   disk in another computer and the machine will boot with it. I have also    
   tried disconnecting one of the CD-ROM drives  and tried to boot, with the    
   thought that the bios might be getting confused, but nothing changes.    
   Actually, until you mentioned it I've never come across a drive that uses    
   jumpers todisallow it to boot an OS.   
      Still stuck.   
      
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