[Novalug] Puzzled

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Tue Apr 26 19:45:42 EDT 2011


Dan,

Are you running the latest BIOS version?

Jay

> I'm trying to upgrade one of my computers. The problem is I can't get it to
> boot from the DVD.
>
> It's an Asus K8V-MX motherboard.
>
> I booted from that drive when I first installed the OS and I've booted from it
> twice since then. All three times I had to go into the BIOS and set the DVD
> drive as the first boot device. Now nothing but the normal boot drive shows
> up. Neither the DVD nor the second data drive shows in the section where I
> select boot device.
>
> The DVD works. I can read and write with it. In addition, it's listed when the
> initial screen comes up showing drives.
>
> Dan
>
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