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boot from cd :No emulation
Name: Graeme Hendry Date: January 14, 2004 at 04:45:31 Pacific OS: No os yet CPU/Ram: athlon 2600/512 ddr
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I have built a computer and installed the floppy disk to allow me to install the operating system. I changed the settings in BIOS to boot from cd first. Whn it tries to boot from CD i get the message Boot from Atapi CD-rom : No emulation. It is an asus motheboard and award bios
Name: tiger_of_web Date: January 14, 2004 at 05:38:36 Pacific
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Graeme have u got a cd-rom in your computer??? if you put the cd-rom as the first boot device then you need to put the operating system CD and then start the machine and what do you mean by "installed the floppy disk"...cud u be a bit more clear
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Response Number 2
Name: Graeme Hendry Date: January 14, 2004 at 06:43:19 Pacific
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The Cd rom was changed to the first boot device in the bios settings. The floppy disk was the boot disk. In the bios settings it knows that there is a cd rom there as it names is. But then when it tries to boot from floppy i get the message - Boot from cd - no emulation
Still not quite clear as to which is booting first. You say you have it set to boot from CD first but then you say it tries to boot from the floppy. Are you trying to boot from a floppy or a CD?
The No Emulation message has to do with how the CD's boot information was created. Emulation is simply how the CD boot sector was created. If you have ever created a bootable CD and used a floppy for the boot info, you will notice that when the CD is booted from, it will say something like "1.44 floppy emulation"
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Response Number 4
Name: Graeme Hendry Date: January 14, 2004 at 08:39:27 Pacific
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i used a windows floppy disk at first to put on the necessary files. Then i went into the bios and changed it so that that the order of the boot was 1. Cd-rom 2. Floppy drive 3. HDD I am trying to put Win 2000 on the machine but when it tries to load the cd that message comes up i.e No emulation
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Response Number 5
Name: wanderer Date: January 14, 2004 at 08:48:51 Pacific
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Can you boot the cd in another system? This will test the cd. Can you swap the cdrom drive with another? This will test the cdrom drive.
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Response Number 6
Name: K Wade Date: February 13, 2004 at 13:42:29 Pacific
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I am having the same problem as Graeme when I try to boot from a Windows 2000 CD. I am using an ASUS motherboard but have had this problem with Aopen Motherboards too. I was able to boot from a Windows NT 4.0 CD. So I installed Win NT 4.0 and then upgraded to Windows 2000. It is a pain to have to do that but it is the only solution I have been able to come up with yet.
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