topic title: Can't boot into live CD?
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pokeseeker
Joined: 18 May 2011
#1
My computer won't boot the Live CD at all. The whole screen is blank expect for a: _.

Why won't it start? I'm using the 686 version.

Specs:
PII
224 MB
6 GB hardrive

IBM Thinkpad 600E Series.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
You need to give us more information.

Which boot option did you choose?
When do you get the _ ? At the beginning, near the end?
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pokeseeker
Joined: 18 May 2011
#3
When I first boot up the computer, and I put in the CD, the CD is being read, and there is nothing on the screen. No boot option, no nothing. Just a blank screen.
anticapitalista
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#4
Have you checked the md5sum of the cd? Burn to cd should be slow X4 for old boxes.
Check your cd is ok.
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pokeseeker
Joined: 18 May 2011
#5
It might be my burn speed. Also am I using the right version? I'm using the 686 version.
anticapitalista
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#6
686 version is ok for PII
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oldhoghead
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Joined: 01 Oct 2007
#7
I use the cli to burn my iso's, it's simple and works for me.

in a terminal as user: in this example I'll be burning the antiX 11 iso

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wodim -sao speed=4 antiX-M11-686.iso
then you can check the md5 sum, I usually eject the disk then put it back in,

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md5sum /dev/cdrom
be sure to substitute the cdrom with the name of your's

cheers,
ohh