Can GRUB boot a CD-ROM???
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Tue May 18 16:32:42 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 12:13, Gregory Gulik wrote:
> For some reason my BIOS won't boot off the CD-ROM and I can't get into
> the BIOS setup screen no matter what I do to fix it.
>
> So, is there a way to make GRUB boot a FC2 CD-ROM so I can do the upgrade?
>
> The CD-ROM is installed as the primary device on the second IDE channel
> (hdc).
Have seen cases where the CD won't boot from the second channel if
there's not a hard disk on the primary. If you can't get the BIOS or
hardware configuration to boot from the CD, see
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg03696.html
This explains how to boot the installer from GRUB. Can then do a CD,
hard disk, or network install.
Phil
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