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Old 05-24-2004, 10:13 PM   #1
rac83
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Can you boot the FDC2 installation from floppy?


I have burnt the disks but my computer wont boot from a cd
i used the floppies for previous versions and it worked great but it appears that
fedora core 2 does not have a floppy boot disk to start the installation
and i cannot figureout how to get into my bios anymore
i used to beable to by pushing all the f buttons and sometimes id get it
but its not working
i belive it may be because of the boot loader? (grub) comes up so quick
my computer doesnt tell me what button it is to get into the bios
i think it might have been f4 but it isnt working
any info on how to either get into my bios to put booting cds to on or making a installation floppy booter would be AWESOME
 
Old 05-25-2004, 01:22 AM   #2
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The standard button to get into one's BIOS is the Delete key. As soon as you hear the beep when your PC starts, start jamming it and by the time your display materializes, you should hopefully see the BIOS menu. Alternatively, try F10, which seems to be what many 'branded' PCs use.

As for the boot floppy, I would suggest Smart Boot Manager which will allow you to boot your CD-ROM from its floppy.

Hope this helps.
 
Old 05-25-2004, 06:58 AM   #3
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if your bios supports USB booting, you can use the image file set up for that, read the readme.txt file in the images/ folder of the cd for more info
 
  


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