The internal drive is recognized by the BIOS, but fails to spin up. The Laptop was built in 2009 by Puget Systems (https://www.pugetsystems.com/), so yes, the hardware is old, but I highly doubt it's "Too Old" for Linux. I found another USB SSD I bought the same time as the laptop, so I'm going to try and format that and see if it works as a bootable device. Trying to get CentOS 7 on it, but I'm flirting with the idea of trying Manjaro on it. On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 10:50 Matthew Gibson wrote: > Does it have the ability to boot from network? Didn't you say that the > laptop has an internal DVD/CD drive? Could your install media need to be > locked in some way after the burn is complete? Is the ISO too new to work > with old hard ware? > > These are a few of my thoughts. I'll see if I can find my own drives to > burn a disc for you. > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 8:57 AM Snyder, Alexander J < > alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote: > >> I wasn't able to go to Installfest, we had guests. >> >> After they left, I went hunting in the garage and found an old DVD-R >> (USB). I went to Best Buyand got a few blank DVDs. So, it won't read from a >> 2019 USB-SSD, but it'll boot from a ~2015 USB-DVD drive? >> >> I can get into the CentOS 7 setup but it fails to verify the media, and >> refuses to continue. When I skip verify, it still fails by saying the media >> is not fit for install. >> >> So now I'm really confused. >> >> Thanks, >> Alexander >> >> Sent from my Galaxy S10+ >> >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 08:43 Matt Graham wrote: >> >>> On 2019-08-03 10:49, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: >>> > Does anyone have a bootable Linux CD? >>> > I don't have a burner, or discs. So I'm asking for help! >>> > Can someone burn CentOS7 minimal for me? >>> >>> Did you get a CD from Installfest? If not, I have a DVD+-RW and a CD-R >>> blank somewhere around here. Reply with your snail-mail address if you >>> still need help. >>> >>> -- >>> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress >>> There is no Darkness in Eternity >>> But only Light too dim for us to see. >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss