GOT BOOT DEVICE?

[RobbieS]

Okay I have toshiba satellite m115-1061.

When i place the boot cd in the computer, it stops at Synaptics touch pad, then "waiting for root device." <The next part should be got "boot device=........">

However, if I plug in my external dvd burner through the USB port, it picks up the boot device- and finishes loading- however, now I can not see my hard disk in the disk utility.

My boot priority is set up for- cd/dvd> usb> fdd> lan> hdd. SO it SHOULD find the CD before it goes to the hard drive.

 

I was wondering if there was a way to set up the laptop- so that it is able to continue to boot with the cd. That way I do not need to plug in the USB burner, and boot soley through the laptop. At this point my trouble doesnt seem to be graphics cards, keyboards, mouses, etc. It isnt booting the DVD from the drive. Is their a setting that I can change to fix this?

 

thanks.

[{I.B} j3W84cC4]

Have you tried using a key combination to boot form the CD instead of relying on the Boot order? On mine, if you rely on the boot order, it will not boot properly, but if you press F12 while the system is posting it will boot from the CD. Check with your laptop documentation to see if there is such a key combination.