Re: Problem booting AMD Athlon XP 2200+ from CDROM
:--- Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote:
:> Try physically disconnecting the hard drive, revert the BIOS to its normal
:> mode of operation, and then see if the CD will boot.
:
:Without a hard drive at all?
:
:Also, the BIOS settings didn't change. But after POST, if I hold down F8 I can get a
:list of devices to boot from. That's what I did when my floppy failed and stopped the
:POST.
:
:jonathon
Some BIOSes get confused when a hard drive with a semi-broken slice table
(or one containing non-windows slices) exists. There have been numerous
occassions where I have had to remove a FreeBSD HD that was in dangerously
dedicated mode in order to boot from CD.
So its worth a shot.
-Matt
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