Quite probably, yes. DVD drives will sometimes work with a regular CD-ROM
driver, but you can't count on that.
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Bill Lathan wrote:
> I was surprised this evening to find that I could not install Red Hat 7.0 using a
>DVD-ROM drive and a boot diskette. I installed this drive instead of a CDROM drive
>because some installation media I have is on DVD. The DVD-ROM drive is working
>properly as I tried a Windows 98 diskette and a dir on the Red Hat CD worked fine.
>However, when I attempt to install Red Hat, I get a message saying it cannot find the
>Red Hat CD.
>
> After the above, I tried setting the BIOS to boot directly from CDROM using the
>DVD-ROM drive, and lo and behold, the CD was read without a hitch and the
>installation is proceeding well at this moment. So, I've overcome the problem, but I
>am curious. Is a special driver needed for a DVD-ROM that is simply not on the boot
>diskette? Or is there another reason? Enquiring minds want to know.
>
> TIA,
> Bill
>
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