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Hi,
I am trying to set up Linux on my laptop. My laptop can boot from a cd, but apparently it is not booting from the RedHat Linux Cd. I tried to boot with a windows 2000 cd, and that works fine. And the Cd boots fine on my pc. Does anyone know what could be happening here? Any workarounds
FYI: I have no floppy drive. My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 480CDT.
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Herbert.
 
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Herbert - There are some install issues with Toshiba's. I do not know what they all are.
You should google for: "linux+toshiba+laptop". Lots of hits.
As a start, you might try:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/toshiba.html
Let us know how it goes.
Regards, Guy
 
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Also, your CD drive on your laptop may not "like" copied cd's. Some CD drives just won't read them. If you got the images from the internet and copied them to a CD, that may be the problem.
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