[Ham-Linux] Unable to boot Linux CDs

[Nate Bargmann]

* Dave 'Doc' Corio <dcorio at zitomedia.net> [2007 Nov 05 11:27 -0600]:

>    The only difference I can see with this computer is the Core 2 Duo 
> processor, and the fact that it has a SATA hard drive and not IDE. I think 
> the CD drive is IDE.

I sped read too fast.  I've read where SATA is a problem for
installation, but a lot of the live CDs expect to be able to read the
hard drive for partition access.  Perhaps there is a boot "cheat code"
that disables looking at the hard drive.

73, de Nate >>

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