Re: [tlug] Making new boot image for RH cd...

[roy lo <roylo@example.com>]

"according to Toshiba, the BIOS is not capable of booting the 2.88MB
boot image on the first CD."


Frank Bennett wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 05:53:19AM -0800, roy lo wrote:
> 
> 
>>Mancy, Raymond wrote:
>>
> [snip]
> 
>>>I figured out why my toshiba laptop cannot boot RH CD's....I hear that it 
>>>is
>>>because the image is 2.88mb...too big for the bios apparently.
>>>
>>>
>>really? I had/have 3 toshiba laptops and never have problems with them. 
>>can you tell me what model do you have?
>>Also, I don't think bios size has much to do with loading boot images. 
>>It ought to be independent of each other.
>>
> 
> For info, I have the same problem with a Toshiba Satellite 4030X. I cut a boot
> CD with a 2.88mb boot image, and the machine wouldn't boot from it.  I put the
> same files into a 1.44mb image and recut the CD, and the machine booted
> without error.
> 
> Just out of curiousity, does anyone know where this problem comes from?  Is
> the image read by firmware inside the CD drive?  Or is it a BIOS thing?
> 
> Cheers,
> Frank
> 
>