[ltp] can't boot installer from ultrabay DVD

ian pert linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:16:48 -0500


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Hmm, interesting. My drive is a Toshiba SD-C2512. I found something that
sounds similar to my problem here :

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/help-toshiba-dvd-notebook-drive-141164/

Not 100% sure what booktyping is.

On Dec 24, 2007 12:50 PM, Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, ian pert wrote:
>
> > I have a T23. I am having difficulty booting from any DVD. I am trying
> to
> > install Linux (tried Suse, Fedora, Mandriva boot), and it just doesn't
> seem
> > to recognize my DVD-ROM drive as bootable.
>
> Some of the older Thinkpad DVD drives don't recognize DVD-Rs, although
> they have no problem with regular DVDs. I saw this on an early 770X DVD
> drive.
>
> This shouldn't be a problem on a T23, but who knows?
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<div>Hmm, interesting. My drive is a Toshiba SD-C2512. I found something that sounds similar to my problem here :</div>
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<div><a href="http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/help-toshiba-dvd-notebook-drive-141164/">http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/help-toshiba-dvd-notebook-drive-141164/</a></div>
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<div>Not 100% sure what booktyping is. <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 24, 2007 12:50 PM, Mendel Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:thegrendel@theriver.com">thegrendel@theriver.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, ian pert wrote:<br><br>&gt; I have a T23. I am having difficulty booting from any DVD. I am trying to<br>&gt; install Linux (tried Suse, Fedora, Mandriva boot), and it just doesn&#39;t seem
<br>&gt; to recognize my DVD-ROM drive as bootable.<br><br></div>Some of the older Thinkpad DVD drives don&#39;t recognize DVD-Rs, although<br>they have no problem with regular DVDs. I saw this on an early 770X DVD<br>drive.
<br><br>This shouldn&#39;t be a problem on a T23, but who knows?<br><font color="#888888">--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad" target="_blank">
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br></font></blockquote></div><br>

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