[NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware 10.1 on a Thinkpad t23

[Rick Cook]

On Saturday 03 September 2005 13:03, Tom Tumelty wrote:
> He did boot to the cd. At least that is what i understood. I will ask
> again.
>
> I havent been trying to help him via email so i havent seen the problem
> but could it be the bios doesnt recognize the format of the cd ? Is it
> possible the machine is old enough it doesnt recognize the cd format
> and that is why it thinks the disk is a music cd ?

If the machine is old enough and has the original CDrom drive, it may not 
be able to recognize CD-RW media.

If your friend is using CD-RW media, he might try burning a CD-R and 
trying that.

> .
>
> On 9/3/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/3/05, Tom Tumelty <tomtumelty at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > A friend is trying to install Slackware 10.1 on a Thinkpad T23. He
> > > says
> >
> > the
> >
> > > computer thinks the cd is a music cd.
> > > Any idea what might be wrong ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Tell him to boot to the CD.
> >
> > > --
> > > Tom Tumelty
> > >
> > > tel: 940-627-3685
> > > email: tomtumelty at gmail.com
> > > http://www.savannahinformationsystems.com
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