Fedora Core Installation question

[Mark Haney]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 16:17 -0500, Elizabeth Chaille wrote:
> I can see files and folders when I view the contents of the CD.  And I
> think my computer is set to boot from CD.  The restore disc that came
> with the machine is a CD, so I assume that means it can boot from CD.
> But, I do I check just to make sure?  How do I check this if my
> machine is an older E-Machines computer.  It's about 4 or 5 years old,
> if that helps at all.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Liz
> 
> 
You need to check the BIOS settings, it's possible that it's set to boot
the HDD first and the CD second or third.  Getting into BIOS setup
depends on the maker, DEL works on a lot of them, F2, F8, during the
POST it should say 'press DEL to enter setup' or similar and go from
there.



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Mark Haney
markh at uptimecomputer.net
Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) Kernel: 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 GNU/Linux 
16:27:00 up 1:38, 1 user, load average: 0.89, 1.81, 1.28 

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