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Setting the PC to Boot the Linux CD
You might find that after installing
Windows onto your hard drive that if you put a bootable CD in the tray,
the system will start up from the hard drive and not from the CD. This
probably means that your system can boot from the CD, but the order
that the computer uses to find a bootable operating system is: First,
floppy drive; Second, hard drive; Third, CD drive. This information
is set by the system’s BIOS. Because BIOS finds a bootable operating
system on the hard drive, it runs that operating system. So, it doesn’t
need to look at the CD at all.
We want to run Linux installer from
its CD while a bootable XP system is already on the PC, so we’ll
enter our system’s BIOS setup and change the boot order so that
the system first looks for a bootable system from the CD and then from
the hard drive (Figure 162).
Or, you could just make a bootable Linux floppy and treat the install
as if your system couldn’t boot from a CD.
Figure 162: BIOS setup During startup, we enter BIOS setup. See your mainboard manual to determine which key brings up BIOS during startup. We moved the CD drive above the hard drive in the boot order. This means the system will first look for a bootable CD before trying to boot from the hard drive. This is important because we already have a bootable operating system on the hard drive, but we wish to boot from the CD drive. Exit and save the changes.
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Your mainboard manual should
tell you which key to press as the system starts up to enter BIOS. Remember,
changes to BIOS are important and should only be made when you understand
what you’re doing and when the change is necessary.
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