Re: On the edge and bleeding heavily.

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:23:53PM +0200, john brennan-sardou wrote:
> Just trying to install fc3 test2 by a dvd iso and it does not work. Simply 
> because after booting and asking what language and keyboard I have fc3 
> refuses to recognise the dvd reader or the dvd copier which are on my system. 
> Funny enough it seems to have recognised them at the beginning in order to 
> boot.  It keeps asking for the cd. Tough I only have dvd units on my system. 
> Any ideas please?

What hardware do you have - the boot is loaded by the BIOS so it is possible
for the BIOS to see your DVD and not Linux and get in this state.