[wtopace]

Mine refuses to boot.

Checked that dvd is readable - it is.
Checked boot sequence - dvd drive is first.

Tried F10 set to dvd to force boot from dvd and I get "boot failure"

Sent tormach an email.....we'll see.......

Have you tried booting it in another computer to make sure it's not an issue with the DVD from Tormach? If it works in another PC (be careful you don't format your disk!), then you might consider borrowing the DVD drive for your Tormach computer just to load the OS.

[widget_maker]

Swapped the dvd drive from the HP to the Tormach MC and it is booting!

How the heck can a dvd be READABLE on a machine yet not boot from it???

Oh well.

[wtopace]

Swapped the dvd drive from the HP to the Tormach MC and it is booting!

How the heck can a dvd be READABLE on a machine yet not boot from it???

Oh well.

Unfortunately, I have seen the same thing as well in the past. Glad you got it up and going!

[kbmyers]

Swapped the dvd drive from the HP to the Tormach MC and it is booting!

How the heck can a dvd be READABLE on a machine yet not boot from it???

Oh well.

Mine did the same thing. Sounds like you fixed it but there is another solution as well. It isn't that the disk is bad, the problem is that your DVD drive can't read the brand of disk Tormach used to burn the DVDs. This was a fairly common problem in the early days of DVD readers and questionable DVD media. My main computer could read the disk fine, so I created an .ISO image with ImgBurn and then re-wrote it to a new disk. My controller had no problem reading that disk and I was up and running quickly, which was lucky since I didn't have a spare DVD drive handy.

I learn that trick a couple months ago when I needed to use the Tormach recovery disk after a hard drive failure. Same issue - I could read the disk but not boot from it.

Kent

[widget_maker]

Mine did the same thing. Sounds like you fixed it but there is another solution as well. It isn't that the disk is bad, the problem is that your DVD drive can't read the brand of disk Tormach used to burn the DVDs. This was a fairly common problem in the early days of DVD readers and questionable DVD media. My main computer could read the disk fine, so I created an .ISO image with ImgBurn and then re-wrote it to a new disk. My controller had no problem reading that disk and I was up and running quickly, which was lucky since I didn't have a spare DVD drive handy.

I learn that trick a couple months ago when I needed to use the Tormach recovery disk after a hard drive failure. Same issue - I could read the disk but not boot from it.


Kent

Thanks for that information - but wouldn't you think Tormach would have produced a disk that ALL Tormach controllers could boot from? Mine is from 2009 so pretty old, but still one of theirs.