On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:26:40 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Curt wrote: > > They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) > > > About Gene's adventure so far, i don't see the media type in the > first row of suspects. > The drive is more likely to be the culprit. How old is it ? > > Then there are the storage conditions of the blank media. Five years > of lighting would be a good reason for the dye to get bad. > Temperature might play a role. (Fungi rather not.) > If it is about CD-RW, then a few rounds of blanking and writing might > revitalize a tired dye. > > We might get more info if Gene would report the messages of > > xorriso -outdev /dev/sr0 -toc > > while a fresh medium is in the drive. > Drive model and Media model and manufacturer would tell something > about the minimum age of the involved hardware. > > > Mainboard "m2n-sli-deluxe" ... 10 years old ? > Nevertheless, i'd expect that some of its USB ports would be > recognized by the BIOS as candidates for booting. > This thread from 2008 > https://forum.pcmech.com/threads/m2n-sli-deluxe-boot-to-usb.197068/ > ends by > > "The issue wasn't changing the boot sequence order by adding USB but > rather adjusting the "Hard drive" option in the boot sequence to > check usb first and then hard drive." > > Something for Gene to try independently of his installation adventure. > Just check whether an USB stick with the netinst ISO boots to the > first Debian menu (which is a ISOLINU menu, probably). > I've owned at least one computer (retired now) that would not boot from a USB stick but would boot from a USB-connected CDROM or hard drive. I have another computer (my main workstation) which will boot from USB media even when disabled in the BIOS and last in the boot sequence. I regularly come back to the machine and find a hung boot because I forgot to remove a USB stick. -- Joe
