--- On Mon, 2/21/11, Jim <binarynut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/21/2011 02:33 PM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > > --- On Mon, 2/21/11, Jim<binarynut@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> A Sony Vaio will not let me boot on > >> cdrom with a Crashed Windows OS, > >> trying to install Fedora only on laptop. > Even if I > >> have BIOS set to > >> boot off Cdrom. > >> > >> I even hooked a external cdrom to usb and enabled > in Bios > >> to be first > >> boot device, won't work, in all cases > it will > >> only Attempt to Load > >> Windows. > >> > >> It won't even let you disable hard drive in Boot > process. > > This may be a stupid question, but have you checked > the ORDER of the chosen boot devices in BIOS? If the > hard drive is first in the boot chain, even if the CDROM > drive is set as bootable, BIOS will stll go to the hard > drive first to boot the system regardless of a bootable CD > being in the CDROM drive. > > > > B > Done that, cdrom is first boot device, and hard drive is > second boot device. Okay. Two more stupid questions: 1. Is the drive a CD drive or DVD one? 2. Is Fedora on a CD or DVD? Had to ask. It wouldn't be the first time I put a DVD in the CD drive of an old machine and wondered why it wasn't reading. Have you checksummed both the downloaded Fedora file and burned media? > I think this is a Vista install and Sony has the laptop > bootup setup to > bootup on a path to Windows on hard drive. and > ignores the cdrom. Never heard of that. I've fixed plenty of Windows XP and Vista installs on various machines including Vaios by booting off a CD. Never had a problem. Try booting the Vaio while repeatedly pressing F8. Do you get a Boot Device Menu or something similar? See if you can boot Windows into Safe Mode or to the Repair console. If you have one, have you tried booting from a Windows install CD/DVD? Or any other bootable CD? You may have a bad CD/DVD drive. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
