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Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
I've been trying to install flavors of ubuntu 12.04 on my Thinkpoad T30 with 1M memory
At boot, CD's of ubuntu, subuntu, lubuntu are not recognized by the system
Those same CD's do boot fine in a desktop Dell
Also, I can boot a CD of Puppy Linux on the T30.
Anybody have any suggestions on what to try next?
At boot, CD's of ubuntu, subuntu, lubuntu are not recognized by the system
Those same CD's do boot fine in a desktop Dell
Also, I can boot a CD of Puppy Linux on the T30.
Anybody have any suggestions on what to try next?
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Optical drives of the T30 vintage almost always fail to boot from CD-RW disks, for me anyway. They work best with factory pressed disks, but will sometimes work with CD-R disks burned at the lowest possible speed. Burn at too high a speed, and they are almost guaranteed to not work.
Collection = T430 - T500 - R400 - X300 - T61 (14" WXGA+) - R61 (15" SXGA+) - T60 - X40 - T43p - T43 - T42p - A30P
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Thanks for the suggestion .... I'll try burning a CD at a low speed and try again.
I did create a bootable USB drive (using UNetbootin). It booted fine on the Dell, but again failed to be recognized on the T30.
(correction on the original post: subuntu should be replaced b y xubuntu!)
Perhaps I should back up and ask a different question:
The T30 has an ancient version of kubuntu on it. It's so old that I can't update it nor am able to upgrade it to a newer revision. I want to replace it with (hopefully) the LTS version 12.04 of ubuntu (or one of it's "flavors").
Any suggestions as how to do that?
Is there a way while running LINUX to point to the initialization files for another LINUX version and start executing them?
The CD reader is working fine - I can see files on the CD - just can't boot from it. Same for the USB ports
I did create a bootable USB drive (using UNetbootin). It booted fine on the Dell, but again failed to be recognized on the T30.
(correction on the original post: subuntu should be replaced b y xubuntu!)
Perhaps I should back up and ask a different question:
The T30 has an ancient version of kubuntu on it. It's so old that I can't update it nor am able to upgrade it to a newer revision. I want to replace it with (hopefully) the LTS version 12.04 of ubuntu (or one of it's "flavors").
Any suggestions as how to do that?
Is there a way while running LINUX to point to the initialization files for another LINUX version and start executing them?
The CD reader is working fine - I can see files on the CD - just can't boot from it. Same for the USB ports
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
I followed the suggestion of Niel, and burned a copy of xubuntu 12.04 to DVD at the lowest speed I could.
The resulting CD now does boot in my T30, and the installation is almost finished!
Thanks so much ........
(still wondering why the copy on the USB did not work)
The resulting CD now does boot in my T30, and the installation is almost finished!
Thanks so much ........
(still wondering why the copy on the USB did not work)
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Makes me wonder if maybe you burned data disks rather that in iso mode. Are you using image burning software like "Imgburn"?jdoutt wrote:The CD reader is working fine - I can see files on the CD - just can't boot from it. Same for the USB ports
On another note, when using CDs or USB, does it start to boot, that is. do you see a boot loader (Grub) starting to load the Linux kernel, or does it seems as if there is no disk (or usb) present?
Collection = T430 - T500 - R400 - X300 - T61 (14" WXGA+) - R61 (15" SXGA+) - T60 - X40 - T43p - T43 - T42p - A30P
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Hi Neil,
I had created the bootable USB drive using UNetbootin on a windows machine. That machine booted OK into xubuntu from the USB
, so I know it is good.
The original CD's were created on a windows machine using Roxio. They were burned OK: I booted one into xubuntu on that same windows machine.
So I know that the image was burned, and not just the data
On the T30, I used F12 to force the boot device - to either the CD drive or to the USB drive. It appeared to not recognize either device - after a brief pause it came up with the 'normal' GRUB selections.
I had created the bootable USB drive using UNetbootin on a windows machine. That machine booted OK into xubuntu from the USB
, so I know it is good.
The original CD's were created on a windows machine using Roxio. They were burned OK: I booted one into xubuntu on that same windows machine.
So I know that the image was burned, and not just the data
On the T30, I used F12 to force the boot device - to either the CD drive or to the USB drive. It appeared to not recognize either device - after a brief pause it came up with the 'normal' GRUB selections.
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
I don't know then...looks like you've got all the bases covered.
Only other option I can think of is take the hard drive out of the T30 and connect it to a newer computer and install the newer Xubuntu. There is usually no problem with Linux booting in a different computer than what it was installed in, unlike Windows.
Only other option I can think of is take the hard drive out of the T30 and connect it to a newer computer and install the newer Xubuntu. There is usually no problem with Linux booting in a different computer than what it was installed in, unlike Windows.
Collection = T430 - T500 - R400 - X300 - T61 (14" WXGA+) - R61 (15" SXGA+) - T60 - X40 - T43p - T43 - T42p - A30P
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
I totally missed this post. Must have been posted while I was writing my comments posted right below it. So I kept rambling on about a problem that had already been solved.jdoutt wrote:I followed the suggestion of Niel, and burned a copy of xubuntu 12.04 to DVD at the lowest speed I could.
The resulting CD now does boot in my T30, and the installation is almost finished!
There are a few USB sticks that just can't be made to boot for some reason or another. I used to have a couple that wouldn't boot for anything. So, if you have a different USB drive from a different manufacturer, give that one a try, it'll probably work fine.jdoutt wrote:(still wondering why the copy on the USB did not work)
Collection = T430 - T500 - R400 - X300 - T61 (14" WXGA+) - R61 (15" SXGA+) - T60 - X40 - T43p - T43 - T42p - A30P
Re: Problems with CD drive and bootable CD's
Thanks so much Neil for your suggestion.
The slow-burn of xubuntu booted up fine and I was able to install it to the hard disk.
Now, after rebooting, have installed all the updates and am compiling wine
All seems to be well.
(At some point I'll see what happens with a different USB drive)
The slow-burn of xubuntu booted up fine and I was able to install it to the hard disk.
Now, after rebooting, have installed all the updates and am compiling wine
All seems to be well.
(At some point I'll see what happens with a different USB drive)
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