[Novalug] BIOS boot equence puzzlement

Ed James edjames@greenbelt.com
Mon Aug 20 18:51:13 EDT 2007


Question one:  Are the cdrom drive and your boot hard drive both on
the same ide (or wotever) cable?

Question zero: Ya sure the cdrom drive is wired up and works? As in,
have you tried to read anything using it?

Ed James


Quoting Charles M Howe <cmhowe@patriot.net>:

> List,
>
> I bought a used computer from Computer Warehouse. It comes with NT
> installed. Later I may be asking how to install Linux, specifically
> Ubuntu (or maybe KUbuntu) Feisty. I will probably add it rather than
> wipe out NT because I want to play Myst (and maybe Riven).
>
> But for the moment I want to boot in Knoppix but am unable to do so.
> When I look at the BIOS settings at bootup I see no way to do so. I am
> used to dealing with BIOS setup programs that allow you to establish the
> boot order. I would want to try the cdrom drive first, obviously.
>
> Suggestions, please.
>
> Charlie the Perpetual Newbie
>
>
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