[SC.LUG] Re: SC digest, Vol 1 #105 - 5 msgs

[Ian Molton]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:55:38 +0000
Neil Lucock <neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> I already had the BIOS set to boot from CD-ROM, put the disk in the
> drive, and started the machine from cold. It still booted windows. It
> eventually did boot from the CD-ROM drive, but only after repeated
> attempts. Once Grub was installed, everything worked fine.

the point is that a BIOS wont LOOK at a disc until its decided to boot
off it.

if it is told to boot off a DVD, it will, barring shit hardware or buggy
BIOS. the HDDs boot sector wont come into the matter.

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