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socks
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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:49 am Post subject: gateway2000 boot question |
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on gateway 2000, how do I tell bios that I want to boot from cr-rom?
only gives me A and C option currently? Running Phoenix BIOS |
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PC Gladiator
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:03 am Post subject: Re: gateway2000 boot question |
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Exactly what system or BIOS do you have? Older systems did not allow
booting from the CD. If the option isn't in the currently loaded BIOS then
maybe a newer BIOS supports it. You need to post more detailed information.
"socks" <agent01413@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | on gateway 2000, how do I tell bios that I want to boot from cr-rom?
only gives me A and C option currently? Running Phoenix BIOS |
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socks
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:41 am Post subject: Re: gateway2000 boot question |
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"PC Gladiator" <PC-Gladiator@Mail-Dump.com> wrote in message news:<vpr5656rb5j5da@corp.supernews.com>...
| Quote: | Exactly what system or BIOS do you have? Older systems did not allow
booting from the CD. If the option isn't in the currently loaded BIOS then
maybe a newer BIOS supports it. You need to post more detailed information.
"socks" <agent01413@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:30e6729c.0310271349.669171bb@posting.google.com...
on gateway 2000, how do I tell bios that I want to boot from cr-rom?
only gives me A and C option currently? Running Phoenix BIOS
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The BIOS page identifies it as Phoenix BIOS |
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Ben Myers
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 9:26 am Post subject: Re: gateway2000 boot question |
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Please tell more. Phoenix has been in the BIOS business since the early 1980's,
although the BIOS in your Gateway system is probably not that old.
Which version of Phoenix BIOS is it? Which motherboard? Intel shifted from AMI
to Phoenix BIOS for its motherboards with the last of its Pentium boards, and
Gateway used mostly Intel made boards for the longest time.
When you first power up the system, it displays the Phoenix BIOS version, a
copyright, then a code indicating the model of the motherboard. RSVP with this
motherboard model code, and somebody may well figure out whether or not there is
a BIOS update for the board to support booting from a CD-ROM drive.
If it turns out that the motherboard cannot boot from a CD-ROM, you can always
prepare a boot diskette to enable you to start up the system, then run the
operating system setup from CD. www.bootdisk.com is a good place to find boot
diskette images, mostly for Windows and DOS. If you want to install Linux,
you'll need a boot diskette to match the distribution of Linux you want to
install: Red Hat, SuSe, Mandrake, etc... Ben Myers
On 27 Oct 2003 18:41:01 -0800, agent01413@my-deja.com (socks) wrote:
| Quote: | "PC Gladiator" <PC-Gladiator@Mail-Dump.com> wrote in message news:<vpr5656rb5j5da@corp.supernews.com>...
Exactly what system or BIOS do you have? Older systems did not allow
booting from the CD. If the option isn't in the currently loaded BIOS then
maybe a newer BIOS supports it. You need to post more detailed information.
"socks" <agent01413@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:30e6729c.0310271349.669171bb@posting.google.com...
on gateway 2000, how do I tell bios that I want to boot from cr-rom?
only gives me A and C option currently? Running Phoenix BIOS
The BIOS page identifies it as Phoenix BIOS |
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