[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux install issue on W8 machine reading dvd

[fred james]

Jay Urish
These are known good boot DVD's ... tested on another machine
The CD/DVD drive is good ... in W8 I can see the drive and the disk(s) in question as well as walk through the contents of the disk(s)
Regards
Fred James

---- Jay Urish <jay at unixwolf.net> wrote:
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> Have you tried another known good boot cd?
> 
> Do you have another dvd drive to swap out?
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> On 6/1/2013 8:31 AM, fred james wrote:
> > Acer Axpire AXC600-EB19
> > Intel Core i3-3220 (at) 3.30GHz
> > x64-based processor
> > W8 64 bit OS
> >
> > I have tried
> >     setting boat order in BIOS
> >        skips DVD
> >     selecting boat order menu on boot
> >        does not show DVD
> >     both 32 and 64 bit ISO DVD's
> >
> > Two things I have not tried ...
> >
> > (1) One person suggested that the OS on the DVD is not "signed" and said to got to pendrivelinux.org, and use something like Ubuntu 12.10?
> >
> > (2) One person suggested putting in a new HDD?
> >
> > No, I don't care to dual boot ... just want a Linux box
> >
> > Any hints/suggestions would be welcome and appreciated ... thanks
> > Regards
> > Fred James
> >
> >
> >
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