Hello,
A very wierd problem. I had to upgrade from my Linux 6.2 to 7.1.
My machine is a dedicated Linux machine,no other OS running on it.
I inserted the Linux 7.1 CD and did a reboot hoping that the machine would start from cd drive.
It started from the hard disk and did not recognize the cd rom disk i had put in.
I did a reboot again, and pressed 'del' to get into setup. Out there I saw a BOOT option on top of the menu,
I chose that, and I saw three options, one of which was a CD drive option. I chose that and pressed enter key.
It came from position 3 to position 1. So, I thought I had changed the boot sequence to CD.
I went ahead and rebooted again hoping this time it would start from the cd. When it started
I saw lights glowing on the CD drive, but nothing happened. With 10 seconds, my monitor light went from green
to yellow, as though the monitor was shut off. After that nothing happened. I did a reboot again,
pressed 'del' again, but it wont respond. Pressed lot of other keys to see if it would recognize any input, but nothing.
In short, I'm not able to start the machine. The monitor kinda goes OFF, if you will.
It doesnt accept any keystrokes.
I was thinking maybe I should boot with a floppy drive.Right now I dont have a boot disk. But even if I manage to get one,
I'm doubting it will start from the floppy drive. Because, right now I have the red hat 7.2 on the cd drive
and it doest seem to recognize that, so I wonder how a boot disk will help.
I have not done this before. This is the first time. I think I screwed badly. I need help very badly.
Please help me. Even a small suggestion would be highly appreciatedd.
Jeff