View Full Version : [ubuntu] BIOS does not support CD-ROM boot.
macadet08
October 10th, 2010, 04:16 PM
I'm trying to install ubuntu Linux on a Pentium 3 computer which does not support booting to the CD-ROM drives. What are my options on other ways to install? Could I either use a 3.5inch floppy disk to get it started or install on another computer and just switch the disk back over right before configuring all the hardware?
Cibomatto2002
October 10th, 2010, 04:25 PM
We need more info.
What kind of computer do you have?
Did you check for a BIOS update?
macadet08
October 10th, 2010, 04:43 PM
I have not checked for a BIOS update because I have heard horror stories about people corrupting their system when those fail.
The computer I want to put it on has a Abit BH6 motherboard. With a 333mhz Pentium 3.
The other computer that I talked about maybe using to install to the hard drive and then transfer over is a Dell Dimension 4100 with a Pentium 3 at 800mhz.
efflandt
October 10th, 2010, 04:44 PM
Web search "linux floppy to boot cd"
How much RAM does that computer have?
macadet08
October 10th, 2010, 05:04 PM
256mb in each.
macadet08
October 10th, 2010, 08:41 PM
Sorry. The problem was because the CD-ROM drive I was using wasn't the secondary master IDE device. Switched and it loaded right up.
MeanEYE
October 10th, 2010, 09:12 PM
Sorry. The problem was because the CD-ROM drive I was using wasn't the secondary master IDE device. Switched and it loaded right up.
Just a note. You could mark this thread as [solved] so other other people don't come here trying to help :D.
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