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Booting from Sata DVD writer

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/booting-from-sata-dvd-writer.122675/

Faun
Faun Original post #1
Nov 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Will it be problematic in booting from CD ? I would like to install latest distro like Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 etc.

Thanks.
krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar #2
Nov 22, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Nope.....It's same as u wud do from PATA one.

Go ahed....!! Make sure ur DVD Drive is the 1st priority in boot device in BIOS
Faun
Faun #3
Nov 24, 2009 at 12:03 AM
I tried booting Mandriva 2010 from external DVD Drive and it worked. :D

Thanks for the info.