"Bill Lathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
Is it an EIDE one? I've used a couple of those without problems - this
has worked well on all occasions.
> 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?
Unless it's a SCSI one: No.
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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