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Kando

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    boot to cd setting
    « on: April 13, 2011, 02:56:39 PM »
    I am working with a computer recycler and a machine is causing me mild grief. It is an IBM x-series 206, running server 2003. As part of our process we wipe the drives, reinstall and try to sell them. Keeps all those nasty metals out of the landfill.

    Anyway, I went into the bios and changed the first boot device to the cd, second was the floppy and third the hard drive. Put the wiping cd in the drive, exited the bios and it booted into Windows.

    Checked again and the first was still the cd. Changed the cd for a newer dvdrw, check the bios again, put the cd in the drive, exited the bios and it booted into Windows. Burned a new cd with the same results.

    I could simply switch the hard drives, but that seems a little defeatist to me. I really want to find the setting that is preventing my booting from the cd.

    What am I missing?
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    Re: boot to cd setting
    « Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 03:16:15 PM »
    Replace the CMOS battery...it may not be retaining the changes upon reboot....
    You are pressing F10 to "save and exit with changes" correct ? ?
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      « Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 03:22:41 PM »
      Yeah, f10  and save changes.

      The changes made stay made, I don't have to redo them, they just do not take effect.
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      Re: boot to cd setting
      « Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 11:52:34 AM »
      How many drives are in it and what kind are they?

      IDE...SATA....

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        Re: boot to cd setting
        « Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 12:14:41 PM »
        I think there are 2 or 3 SATA drives in there. I am not at the recycle location but will check to make sure and let you know.
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          Re: boot to cd setting
          « Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 09:52:58 AM »
          ok, there are three SATA drives in the server, 80gb each.
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          Re: boot to cd setting
          « Reply #6 on: April 19, 2011, 09:55:50 AM »
          Try another optical drive...
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            Re: boot to cd setting
            « Reply #7 on: April 19, 2011, 10:10:21 AM »
            Quote from: Kando on April 13, 2011, 02:56:39 PM

            Checked again and the first was still the cd. Changed the cd for a newer dvdrw, check the bios again, put the cd in the drive, exited the bios and it booted into Windows. Burned a new cd with the same results.

            I changed the first cd drive that it came with and put in a newer dvdrw drive. Both drives work, I tested the cd drive in another machine, and pulled the dvdrw from a working machine.
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            Re: boot to cd setting
            « Reply #8 on: April 19, 2011, 10:13:21 AM »
            What bootdisk are you using and how did you create it ? ?
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              Re: boot to cd setting
              « Reply #9 on: April 19, 2011, 10:24:18 AM »
              I have tried Ubuntu 10.10, UBCD and WinXP Pro. I made new disks of all of them to avoid scratches.
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              Re: boot to cd setting
              « Reply #10 on: April 19, 2011, 01:58:30 PM »
              Quote from: patio on April 19, 2011, 10:13:21 AM
              What bootdisk are you using and how did you create it ? ?

              You can't simply "copy" a bootable CD...doesn't work.
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                Re: boot to cd setting
                « Reply #11 on: April 20, 2011, 11:45:30 AM »
                Quote from: patio on April 19, 2011, 01:58:30 PM
                You can't simply "copy" a bootable CD...doesn't work.

                I am way past the point of thinking I can copy a disk image to cd and wondering why it is not working.

                By "made new disks" I meant I burned the .iso and created a bootable cd, then I restarted the computer with the cd inserted, after I made the dvdrw the first boot device.

                Now, about original problem...
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