Subject: Re: Booting CD from external SCSI CD-ROM
From: Bryn Hughes (linux@mail.cbodycentral.net)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 13:39:51 MDT
Try physically unplugging your internal CD-ROM from the bus. That
way it won't be detected at all.
Bryn
>My internal CD-Rom has given up the ghost and I am trying to boot
>the Yellow Dog CD-Rom from an external CD-ROM. I can get the kernel
>to boot but and the installer to execute. However, in the
>installation process, it asks where I want to install from. I choose
>'Local CD-ROM' and it tries to check my internal CD-ROM which does
>not work.
>
>Does anyone know how to force it to look at the external CD-ROM? I
>tried some kernel arguments, but the attempt was weak and
>unsuccessful.
>
>Ben Ricker
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