 Puppy Won't Boot, Burned 7 files but still won't boot |
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 Feb 18 2006, 04:51 PM
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Feb 18 2006, 06:59 PM
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 Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
What burning software are you using? Are you burning a Data CD or are you Burn and image. I use Nero and have burned the Puppy OS many times. I made the mistake of placing it inside of a folder and burned the folder also. It will not boot because the BIOS cannot see the boot files inside the folder.
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Feb 18 2006, 07:29 PM
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I used "Burn Image to Disc" with Nero Express.
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Feb 18 2006, 07:57 PM
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Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
That is what I use. I am at work I will look at one of my copies of Puppy when I get home in the morning.
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Feb 18 2006, 11:31 PM
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that does look like the correct files for the puppy. i have an old 95 machine that crashes if i try to put the cdrom into the boot order. if i remember correctly i was trying to put the cdrom first ahead of the floppy. it worked with either floppy first and then the hdd or cdrom second. try floppy 1st, cdrom 2nd, with no 3rd device such as hdd. i don't think my older bios can actually handle 3 boot device options.
-------------------- I can no longer sit back and allow Microsoft infiltration, Microsoft indoctrination, Microsoft subversion, and the international Microsoft conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious open source GNU/Linux operating systems. General Jack D. Ripper.
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Feb 19 2006, 02:17 PM
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I don't see the .cat or .gz extentions on my files.
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Feb 19 2006, 02:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 27-October 04 From: ann arbor, michigan. USA Member No.: 4,178 |
hi walt...i'm really new at this stuff myself so i can't explain why the extensions don't show. it could be that they are ok and your computer just doesn't show file extensions. or they got corrupted when downloading and burning so you may have to download and burn again. try changing the boot order again with the A: floppy first then cdrom and no hdd. if it works then you won't have to download again. hth
p.s. how much ram do you have? do you have enough to load puppy in ram? i'm not sure how much is required but it will tell you if you don't have enough. This post has been edited by cybormoron: Feb 19 2006, 02:41 PM -------------------- I can no longer sit back and allow Microsoft infiltration, Microsoft indoctrination, Microsoft subversion, and the international Microsoft conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious open source GNU/Linux operating systems. General Jack D. Ripper.
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Feb 19 2006, 07:06 PM
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Thanks everyone. I changed the boot sequence to floppy, CDROM, HDD. It worked!!!!!!
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Feb 20 2006, 12:20 AM
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Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
Good job. If you do not mind please post a review in the Live Linux forum.
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Sep 11 2006, 02:07 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 11-September 06 Member No.: 84,713 |
i want it
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Sep 11 2006, 05:47 AM
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Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
Welcome to Bleeping Computer.
As you wish. Here it is. -------------------- "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award" |
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