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

[Jay Urish]

Ok, you can see the dvd drive under windows BUT can you boot another 
known good disc on it?



On 6/1/2013 8:56 AM, fred james wrote:
> 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:
>> Have you tried another known good boot cd?
>>
>> Do you have another dvd drive to swap out?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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