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Old 01-06-2006, 03:37 PM   #1
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Not booting to CD-ROM selected in Bios

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Dell Inspiron 8600 with latest Bios A14

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After selecting to boot 1st from CD-ROM in Bios computer will keep booting to HD. I have dual booting DOS, RedHat so it goes to the Grub Screen automatically bypassing the 1st boot device, the CD-ROM. When I deselect HDD as 2nd booting device it gives me a message that it will not boot with option to enter SETUP again.

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Old 01-06-2006, 03:43 PM   #2
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What CD are you trying to boot? Have you tried another bootable CD?
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Old 01-06-2006, 03:48 PM   #3
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I have seen some that say to boot from the cd press F1 or any other key, it may be on you screen so fast that you don't see it.
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Old 01-06-2006, 04:40 PM   #4
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Booting to a Fedora Core V2 CD. I am choosing F12 in this laptop and choosing to boot from CD-RW, however the Dual Boot GRUB menu still comes up. I have a feeling Grub is the problem
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Old 01-07-2006, 02:10 PM   #5
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Found the culprit. Turn out to be a bad, brand new, bootable 1st CD with Fedora Core.
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