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can not boot from scsi cdrom

Asked by Roger Gardner

I have an old Server with a SuperMicro P3TDER mainboard with PIII 1.o GHz, 512 MB RAM and AIC-7899 SCSI Controller. The Server has scsi cd-rom. I get the boot screen and choose the language and then install. The screen go blank and nothing else happens. The cd-rom stops spinning after some time. I have tried acpi=off, noapic, nolapic, edd=on, nodmraid, nomodeset and aic7xxx.aic7xxx=no_reset. All alone and one time with all. The same thing keeps happen. I think it tring to find an ide cd-rom. I can I tell it it has a scsi cd-rom? If so how?
Thanks for any help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?
Did you burn the CD as slowly as possible?
Did you check the CD for defects?

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Roger Gardner (r-gardner) said : 		#2

Yes to all your questions. I can boot the cd on another PC. It does not even try to access the scsi cdrom drive.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then I'd check your SCSI CDROM is a bootable device as well as make sure the drive is detected in the SCSI config.

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Roger Gardner (r-gardner) said : 		#4

If that was the case I would not even get the start up screen to select a language or installation. This happens after I choose installation and press enter, then the light on the cdrom does not even blink. This usually means it is not being accessed, or?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

I suggest you try the alternate ISO, Yes the boot splash and such would not show if the CD wasn't bootable etc.

You could always grab a PATA optical drive and get installed as a workaround, you dont have to screw it in and such, just ensure it doesn't move (I balance mine on books)

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Roger Gardner (r-gardner) said : 		#6

I found some old SUSE CDs, they work just fine.