Changing the Boot Order in Your Computer's Bios Control Panel
It can be It can said that it is always easiest once you know how.
The same can be said for Linux installs – be they from a CD , DVD flash memory drive or in the case of smaller Linux distros even from a 1 mb diskette.
One of the problems that many encounter works out to changing the boot order of their computer. If you computer has been set to start fast by booting first from the hard drive and your install is from a cd or dvd rom you are out of luck. It is not as if windows is going to let you erase it when it is running.
How do you change the boot order
Well if possible you could wipe out the hard drive and if no OS is on the hard drive and the optical drive is set down the line as the next or 2nd next startup device then you might be ok
Generally you change the startup order in the bios of your computer
The bios is program which is permanently etched onto a read only memory on your motherboard
It controls how the computer starts up and in what sequence
When your computer starts look quickly on the bottom of the screen for instructions labeled – setup , controls or something like that
It usually will list the command as “del” or a function key
With fast new Pentium 4 computers the startup may be very rapid so read quickly and as well you may have to repeat the sequence more than once.
If not try various keystroke commands and function key combinations
Once into the bios look and hunt around for startup options or menu. It may be buried one level down even on startup options
Change the order so that CD or DVD is above ( starts before ) the hard drive
It can be diskette then cd/ dvd or cd/dvd first
Once done , save and exit ( usually F10 function key 10)
You cannot do too much harm in the bios
At the worst reset to factory defaults , save and your computer should always run
However note IBM computers PCs since they are first business machines often have a default start of “network” rather than diskette or CD.
At the worst if you are totally locked out of your bios , or a mean computer store ( to get you back for service) placed a password on the bios
> take the power cord out of the computer , (turned off of course) , remove the cover of the computer , and take out the bios backup battery which primarily looks like a watch battery.
Your bios will be reset back to original factory defaults. You will have to set the clock when the computer boots up.
You are now in a position where your computer will boot up from your optical drive and your can start and complete your Linux install.
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