Hello List, I have a problem with an Onborad scsci, that won't boot a isolinux-cd: anyone got a clue? Mainboard is ASUS-CUV4X-DLS with onboard LSI 35c1010-33 Controller. Board-Bios is Award Medaillion 6.0 and Controller Bios is Symbios SDMS v4.0 (4.18.02) The CDRW device to boot from is a Yamaha CRW2100S Rev1.0H I tried Isolinux 1.63 and 1.66 with similar "success": here's what the debug version says: --snip-- ISOLINUX: starting up, DL=F0 ISOLINUX: Loaded spec packet OK, drive=F0 ISOLINUX: Sectorsize appears to be 0800 ISOLINUX: Loading main Image from LBA 00029B70 ISOLINUX: Sectors to load=0004 ISOLINUX: Disk error, drive F0 Boot failed, press any key to retry --snap-- I guess that Sectorsize is shown in hex, other than that there is something awfully wrong?!? The same CD boots on two other Systems with different Adaptec controllers just fine. What to do now? TIA, Tim
Tim Evers wrote:> Hello List, > I have a problem with an Onborad scsci, that won't boot a isolinux-cd: > > anyone got a clue? > > > > Mainboard is ASUS-CUV4X-DLS with onboard LSI 35c1010-33 Controller. > Board-Bios is Award Medaillion 6.0 and > Controller Bios is Symbios SDMS v4.0 (4.18.02) > The CDRW device to boot from is a > Yamaha CRW2100S Rev1.0H > I tried Isolinux 1.63 and 1.66 with similar "success": > here's what the debug version says: > > --snip-- > ISOLINUX: starting up, DL=F0 > ISOLINUX: Loaded spec packet OK, drive=F0 > ISOLINUX: Sectorsize appears to be 0800 > ISOLINUX: Loading main Image from LBA 00029B70 > ISOLINUX: Sectors to load=0004 > ISOLINUX: Disk error, drive F0 > > Boot failed, press any key to retry > --snap-- > > I guess that Sectorsize is shown in hex, other than that there is > something awfully wrong?!? > > The same CD boots on two other Systems with different Adaptec > controllers just fine. > What to do now? >Odds are very good that your BIOS is simply busted. Check to see if there is a newer version; if not, report it to the board manufacturer (ASUS) with enough info (CD image, for example) that they can reproduce the error. It is failing on the very first READ command executed. -hpa
Tim Evers wrote:> > --snip-- > ISOLINUX: starting up, DL=F0 > ISOLINUX: Loaded spec packet OK, drive=F0 > ISOLINUX: Sectorsize appears to be 0800 > ISOLINUX: Loading main Image from LBA 00029B70 > ISOLINUX: Sectors to load=0004 > ISOLINUX: Disk error, drive F0 > > Boot failed, press any key to retry > --snap-- > > I guess that Sectorsize is shown in hex, other than that there is > something awfully wrong?!? > > The same CD boots on two other Systems with different Adaptec > controllers just fine. > What to do now? >One more thing: the LBA of the main Image is fairly high. You may have better luck if you rearrange your CD to try to get the isolinux files near the beginning of the drive; it has been known to help on some buggy systems. -hpa