Not booting at all....

Poxapox · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

I've been trying to install Gentoo, and i got the latest .iso files (GRP, pentium 3), but when i put the CD i burnt it on (yes, the one with the cd1 iso), it says:

Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure...

I don't see why it won't boot. Any help?

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:28 am Post subject:

If you look at the contents of the CD that you just burned, you should see a bunch of directories and files. If you just see a single .iso file, you did not burn it correctly.

In your CD burning software, choose the "burn from image" option and use the .iso as the image file.

Poxapox · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

ah, thanks. I'll try that out.

Poxapox · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

yeah, that worked.... but now i have a different problem. (geez, I'm so needy, huh?)
Anyway,

meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:04 am Post subject:

I think you can hit F2 or something and it whisks you on to the more informative boot screen, where you can see various services start up. Check the help that can be displayed when the CDROM begins the boot process.

Poxapox · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

yea, f2 goes to a semi-console... the line that it sticks on is:

hda: host protected area => 1

i have no idea what this means.

meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:14 am Post subject:

Unfortunately, nor do I

Have you had a search through the gentoo forums and/or Google for this error?

Poxapox · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

I can't find anything useful.

The thing is, the Slackware installation works fine on the same computer.