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| Thread ID: 25033 | 2002-09-24 10:39:00 | trying to install red hat | raddersnz (684) | Press F1 |
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| 82604 | 2002-09-24 10:39:00 | I currently have windows XP loaded in the first 26GB of my hard drive, and want to install linux in the remaining 3GB. The only trouble is, I can't load/boot from the CD as I have no real boot screen. I have downloaded bootxpv2.1 but it doesn't let me see anything but an active partition. Even in ME I couldn't see the booting screen, likely to be the bios. Where and how do I change these settings. Packard Bell computers aren't the best. | raddersnz (684) | ||
| 82605 | 2002-09-24 10:43:00 | Tab should let you see the regular screen (No Splash) try F1, F2, F10, F12, Del, Backspace, and I think that's about it. You're on the right track... Will 3Gig be enough to be really useful though? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 82606 | 2002-09-24 10:46:00 | I presume you are saying that you cannot get access to your BIOS to change the settings to boot from the CD-ROM first? I cannot tell you how to do this for a Packard Bell PC (usually pushing DEL on boot will do the job) - but instead you can create a boot disk with the tool rawrite.exe under DOSUTILS on your first RedHat CD. THis will work as long as the BIOS is set to boot from the floppy disk first. John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 82607 | 2002-09-25 03:35:00 | You will find the floppy ".img" (two floppies these days) in the images/ directory. It's probably the simplest way. There are tricks to getting multibooting with XP. We'be had a number of threads on it lately. | Graham L (2) | ||
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