Re: Can't boot Linux 8.0 CD

> I want load LINUX 8 on an old PC that I put together from junk parts. I
> get this error when try to boot on a LINUX 8 CD:

Linux 8? Hmmm... and where did you get that? This is the redhat 7.1 list.
Maybe you could ask a question related to this release of redhat?

> ISOLINUX 1.75 2002-06-14 isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to
> wing it...
> Isolinux: failed to load CD-ROM device; boot failed
>
> This is a 200 MHZ Pentium MMX processor with 96 meg of memory, 2 gig IDE
> hard disk, and an old quad speed IDE CDROM. I loaded win98se on it OK
> from booting on a CDROM yesterday, just to be sure all of the hardware
> worked OK. I want to blow that a way and load LINUX now. Any ideas on
> why it will not boot on the LINUX 8 CDROM, but will on a win98 CDROM?

You didn't burn the iso right or something. Did you do a checksum on the
iso after downloading it?

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