[Malvern] BIOS problems.

[Richard Forster]

Not sure this is related enough to matter but...

I have installed windows[1] n times this week[2]. On these particular 
machines I was using the BIOS message read:
F1 to enter BIOS
F12 to select alternate boot location   (or something like that)

The point was it only worked on a fresh power on, it didn't work on a 
soft-reset. Did you always ask XP to reboot or did you make it shutdown 
first?


The other option is to disconnect the hard drive. This guarantees the 
precious[3] can't be harmed and might force you into the bios. I know my 
machine automatically goes into the bios if it fails to boot properly 
something like 3 times in a row.

Rick



[1] Why do you have to tell XP you are in the UK 6 times (or is it 7). 
My location is UK, language is UK, keyboard is British etc etc and it 
still defaults to Pacific time zone. Grrrrr!!!!!!!
<and breathe, count to 10, relax>
[2] n = 5, maybe more. It's all a blur.
[3] One OS to bind them and all that.


GEOFF BAGLEY wrote:
> I have just been to visit a friend who would like to
> try Linux,  and as a first step, I intended to use
> Knoppix to find out all about his hardware, video
> card, etc.
> 
> However,  when the BIOS came up with the typical "hit
> del to enter set-up" message, the del key was ignored,
> and we re-booted XP (yet again) - several times!
> 
> I was hoping to change the boot sequence in order to
> put "boot from CD/DVD" ahead of "boot from main hard
> drive",  but was unable to enter the BIOS SET-UP mode.
> 
> The keyboard was a typical M$ PS/2  keyboard.  "Del"
> was actually "delete" - anyway, no joy.
> 
> Any suggestions please ?
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
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