basic installation problem

[Mike Noble]

joshua neff wrote:
> That makes sense. So...how do I change the BIOS order?
> I'm looking through Linux in a Nutshell, but I'm not
> finding anything that easily says how to do this.
> 
> --- Mike Noble <mgnoble at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>joshua neff wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, everyone. My desktop has Red Hat 9 currently
>>>installed on it, but I decided to do a clean
>>>installation of Fedora Core 2 (rather than simply
>>>upgrade). I downloaded the 4 disc iso files and
>>
>>burned
>>
>>>them to CDs (after checking the md5sums). The CD
>>>burnings seemed to go fine, and the discs all show
>>
>>the
>>
>>>appropriate iso files on them. I loaded disc 1
>>
>>into
>>
>>>the CD-ROM drive and rebooted my desktop, but it
>>
>>just
>>
>>>started up Red Hat 9 again, rather than the Fedora
>>>Core installation. Just to check, I loaded disc 1
>>
>>into
>>
>>>my notebook (a Dell running on Windows XP) and
>>>rebooted, and again, the Fedora Core installation
>>>didn't begin.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions? (Keeping in mind that I'm pretty
>>
>>much
>>
>>>a newbie when it comes to Linux, but I have some
>>>O'Reilly books and I'm more than willing to do the
>>>work to learn more. So I may be confused by highly
>>>technical answers, but I don't want to remain
>>
>>ignorant.)
>>
>>>=====
>>>--joshua m. neff
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>This sounds like your BIOS is setup to look at the
>>following:
>>floppy
>>HD
>>CD ROM
>>
>>You need to change the BIOS order to have the CD ROM
>>before the HD.
>>This way the boot image on the CD ROM will be found
>>before the HD.
>>
>>Mike
>>
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> 
> 
> =====
> --joshua m. neff
> 
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The BIOS order has nothing to do with LINUX.  The BIOS is your computers
BIOS (this is usually an EEPROM chip on your motherboard).  If you look
at the documentation that came with your motherboard, it should tell you
how to get into the BIOS.
On my system to get into the BIOS I have to press the <delete> key while
booting up the system.  I have seen systems that require the <esc>,
<F2>, <F8>.
The basic idea is that shortly after turning on the power, you press the
key and the motherboard will intercept and put you into the BIOS
configuration.

Mike

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