Most important changes are:
1) The value for ¨PnP aware OS¨ has to be set to ¨NO¨
2) And the order the BIOS looks for boot options . . ( the MBR is mostly on IDE 0, we want to boot from CD/DVD ) We will have to put the CD/DVD-ROM on the first place, the floppy and the IDE 0 in second and third place. After the install we can put the BIOS settings back as they were before.
Some people have some serious problems getting in the BIOS, some computer brands are making it really difficult, So here is an overview of the Various way to access BIOS on lots of computers.
( took the quote out of several threads in the Linux and Hardware forum )
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AMI/Award: [Delete] during boot or F2 during boot Toshiba: [Esc]during boot Toshiba, Phoenix, Late model PS/1 Value Point & 330: [F1] during boot Compaq: [F10] When blinking cursor jumps to top right corner of screen Compaq: [F10] when logo screen is displayed NEC: [F2] during boot IBM PS/2: with reference partition-[Insert] during boot IBM PS/2: Need reference disk and ADF disk for setup Emachine: [Tab] during boot Some Dells: reset button twice (I suppose this means power reset button) Misc computers: [Ctrl]+[Alt] Dell: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Enter] AST Advantage, Award, Tandon: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] Zenith, Phoenix: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins] Phoenix: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S] Olivetti PC Pro: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Shift]+ Num Pad [Del] Misc computers: [Ctrl]+[Esc] Some PS/2: [Ctrl]+[Ins] when pointer at top right of screen Phoenix: [Ctrl]+[S] Tandon 386: [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc] HP: [F2] Gateway systems using Phoenix BIOS: [F1] Sony Vaio 320 series: [F2] IBM thinkpad: [F1] Dell Dimension L566cx system: [Esc] will get out of the splash screen and [Del] is the key to get into setup | ||||
Linear Mode
