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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a HP Pavillion 9000 Laptop with PheonixBIOS v. F.09.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yesterday I successfully installed Fedora v14 on a 1GB USB External Hard Drive. Before the installation I reset the Boot Order to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>USB Hard Drive (Fedora 14)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> CD/DVD ROM Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> Netbook Hard Drive (MS Win 7 Pro)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> USB Floppy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> USB Diskette on key<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When the Fedora installer rebooted the system, the laptop booted into MS Windows 7 Professional (the OS installed on the Netbook Hard Drive). When I attempted to reboot I think that I hit F8 during the early stage of the reboot and Fedora booted with no action from the led indicator for the Netbook HD. Great I thought finished the installation and shut the computer down with the Fedora shutdown option.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This morning when I booted the computer with the External HD running the machine booted into Win 7. Now, the boot order is the same as I set it in the BIOS, but the Boot Menu only has two options: 2 and 3 (in that order). This, of course explains why the computer boots into MS Win7. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Finally, the question”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> What’s going on here, and how do I get Fedora to run?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assistance is much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>