Hi folks, Thanks to the suggestions I received. I am now in the process of getting RedHat installed and am having a real blast with Disk Druid. All I can say is that I'm very glad Linux is known for its extensive documentation! Regards Steve *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/26/2004 at 7:41 PM Alex Snow wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >It looks like your machine isn't set to boot from cd. the boot order I >prefer to use is floppy then cd then hard disk then any other stuff >that may be listed such as network. >On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 05:52:50PM >- -0600, Stephen Clower wrote: >> Hi folks, >> I am taking the big plunge and am working on getting the latest >version of RedHat installed on my laptop. I have downloaded the three >Shrike iso images and have burned each image to a CDR. When I boot up my >laptop with CD 1 in the CD-ROM drive, the CD spins up, but as far as I can >ascertain the Linux boot screen does not appear. Instead, my computer >boots right up into Windows. My guess is that the BIOS needs to be set, >but I'm not entirely certain if this is the case. If anyone has any >thoughts, I'd appreciate them. >> My apologies if this has been brought up on this list before. If this is >the case, feel free to reply to me privately. >> Thanks, >> Steve >> >> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. >> You can reach me by any of the following: >> E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net >> MSN: steve at steve-audio.net >> AIM: AudioRabbit03 >> >> You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting >http://www.steve-audio.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >- -- >Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid >back. > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFAPpI49XVrM3ri110RAjtrAJ9HYRq/Q21gbdVOCO1NWzAaR/E32ACeIUe1 >ucxDP+HkGAJAVhxvKQpFVro= >=xVG1 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net MSN: steve at steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net
