Fedora Install on a Compaq ?

TNWestTex mcforum at bellsouth.net
Tue Sep 13 16:45:03 UTC 2011




james tate wrote:
> 
> I'am going to install F15 on a friends old 13 yr. old Compaq box.
> 
> I guess to get into the BIOS , click on  Del key ?
> Does anyone know how to Boot off a CDrom, do you have to click on a "F" 
> key or go into the BIOS to Setup ?
> -- 
> 
I haven't been able to get my older systems to boot the install CD's since
F9.  Similarly only older versions of the KNOPPIX live cd will boot (4.0.2). 
Your mileage may vary.

If I remember correctly, the cdrom preceeded the hard disk in the boot order
on Compaqs of that vintage.

Robert McBroom
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