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Here's the message I'm getting before it fails the cd boot and starts the normal boot process....


Any help would be greatly appreciated



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Rebooting with command: boot cdrom - text...

boot cdrom - text

it goes for a bit then says

can't open boot device (then it skips about 5 lines leaving them blank)


then it reads
disk:a File and args:



It then starts to boot up...

correct...

i type boot cdrom - text because I can't do the GUI install and I get this error now

can't open boot device

Boot device: disk:a File and args:

I tried to do some searching and...

LOL.. Sorry. As you can tell I'm extremely new to this.

I have an Ultra 5 and I meet the minimum requirements for 10. The system is currently running 8.


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can't open boot device

Boot device: disk:a File and args:



The above is what I get when trying to use the boot cdrom command at the OK prompt

This is so frustrating.. hahaha

Edit: ...

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