[Wftl-lug] Now REALLY embarassed

Wed Feb 7 09:23:36 EST 2007

Wow, do I REALLY have to get back to you all with the
real deal? Here goes: Marcel's "Moving to Linux" cd,
when inserted,  comes right up with Knoppix. No
"delete", F1, etc. So, I thought, "when booting the
New disc, and nothing happens, then all the
instructions you've been giving me have to happen with
the disc IN the drive. Hit delete key, etc." That's
mistake #1. #2, no, the disc with his new book is not
a cd, it is in fact a dvd, which my "built-in" CD-RW
drive will NEVER be able to handle .....(or will it?).
Thanks to all who tried to help.  At least I'm no
longer a newbie....am I?
--- Lou Spironello <lspironello at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey John:
> 
> To change the boot sequence of your computer you
> have to bring
> up the BIOS menu.  That is accomplished by pressing
> a key
> just after the computer powers on and displays
> information about the BIOS
> date/time, etc.   It will usually display the KEY
> you need to press to bring
> up the BIOS menu.  That KEY unfortunately no the
> same for all computers
> however, one of the following will usually do it;  
> DEL  (the delete key on
> the NUM pad.  Usually labeled "Delete" and located
> in close proximity to the
> "Insert" key).  Another option is the F1
> key and/or the F10 key.
> 
> If you can tell us what type of computer you have,
> i.e. do you have a
> computer from one of the major manufacturer, i.e.
> Dell, IBM, HP, etc. or a
> computer from your local computer shop.
> 
> Sometimes the Boot sequence menu is displayed
> clearly, in other cases it is
> not.
> 
> Sometimes you can find it as the Second menu item
> along the left side (i
> can't remember )
> with something like "Advanced BIOS Features".  Used
> the NON-DESTRUCTIVE
> arrow keys, (the ones without any number above each
> arrow) to move up or
> down through the menu items.
> Once you have that second item selected ("Advanced
> BIOS Features") press the
> "ENTER" key.
> 
> If with then display what appears to be a slew of
> things however what you
> should look for is something like  First Boot
> Device, Second Boot Device,
> Third Boot Device.
> If you found those, again use the NON-DESTRUCTIVE
> arrow keys (down arrow) to
> move
> to the First Boot Device.  Press the ENTER key. 
> That should bring up
> another small menu
> at which point you can selected the First device the
> computer should boot
> from.  At the moment, from what you have described,
> it is booting from the
> first hard drives, HDD1 or something similar.
> I can't remember about this one, but use the arrow
> or page-up page-down keys
> to select the CDROM/DVD  for the First Boot Device. 
> If you feel as if you
> have made a mistake press the ESC
> key untill you get back to the full screen menu.
> 
> If your were successful with the previous step then
> go ensure that the
> Second Boot Device is
> set to your Hard Drive (again some acronym such as
> HDD).  Use the
> aforementioned procedure
> used for setting the Frist boot device but this time
> choose HDD
> 
> That ensures that if you do not have a CD placed in
> the CDROM drive it will
> default to booting
> from the Second Boot Device which in this case would
> be the device you just
> set for the Second Boot Device, i.e. the hard drive.
> 
> When you feel as if you have done this correctly
> then you can select the
> Save and Exit.  When it prompts you to save the info
> use "Y" .   Make sure
> the DVD is placed in the DVD Drive. then
> select "y".
> 
> It should then boot from the DVD.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Lou Spironello
> 6055 Carman Street
> Niagara Falls, Ontario
> Canada, L2J 1S3
> Registered Linux User # 7028
> 
> On 2/4/07, JOHN INGRESS <ingress at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't wait, I ran out and bought Marcel
> Gagne's
> > "Moving to Ubuntu Linux", put the dvd in, and
> watched
> > the screen stay black, and eventually load
> Windows.
> > Delete, F2, F4, F6 did nothing. He says page 17,
> "Make
> > sure your  PC is set to boot from the DVD."
> Someone
> > please tell me how to do that. He also says "it is
> > possible your video card is one of the rare ones
> not
> > included in the distribution." Mine is an Intel
> Direct
> > AGP 3D (810e shared). Anyone know if it's
> supported?
> > Thanks.
> > --- JOHN INGRESS <ingress at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I'll tell ya it's really hard to find that most
> > > basic,
> > > roots type of info about computers, I mean the
> stuff
> > > even "Linux for Dummies" doesnt't think you need
> to
> > > be
> > > told. After trying to download Mandriva One
> (free)
> > > several times, I quit. I got it to the desktop,
> then
> > > to C;, but from the desktop, I got a message
> > > "windows
> > > doesn't recognize this file type. search the
> > > internet"
> > > which came up with nothing. From C:, it opened
> to
> > > "Intersites Menu", which offered mirror sites, a
> > > link
> > > to BitTorrent, and such, but I'm not sure what
> to
> > > do.
> > > I was ready to pay for a Linux release, but I'm
> not
> > > a
> > > heavy user...just surfing, music (record, edit,
> > > burn),and word processing. $40 would seem to be
> very
> > > fair for Linux, but I just don't need a lot. So
> I
> > > ordered Mandriva One thru the mail, and I'd be
> glad
> > > to
> > > pay for help, preferably on the phone.(I'm
> expecting
> > > no manual with the CD.)
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