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20th August 2006, 08:30 PM
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Cant get Fedora to boot
Ok, I admit it I am a newbie with Linux. I have burned a dvd and cd images of Fedora and can not get them to boot. I am using an Athlon 800 with 512mb memory, 80 gig hard drive. I have changed the boot sequence in the bios to boot on cd. System just bypasses and starts in the Windows XP program.
I have also tried burning the boot.iso image to a cd and still wont boot.
Any ideas or input would be helpful
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20th August 2006, 08:35 PM
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umm... when going through the bios, it gives you setup and boot menu. i think you can access it there. worked for me...
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20th August 2006, 08:36 PM
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you know like press F11 for boot menu
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20th August 2006, 08:47 PM
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Yes, I have done this. I have changed my boot order to CD/DVD to boot first but all the disks I have burned still wont boot.
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20th August 2006, 08:50 PM
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im not talking about boot order, tho. im talking about an actual boot menu that is activated by pressing a function key and initizes after bios is done, before system boot up
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20th August 2006, 08:58 PM
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Ok, I see what your saying. I have restarted the machine and hit F11 and still booting to windows.
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20th August 2006, 09:02 PM
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that was an example, some bios's have it set up to press a different key, how fast does it run through bios? if its slow enough you can read the prompts to access different things. also, some cps have some kind of speed boot process which is enable (and in this case disabled) in setup.
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20th August 2006, 09:04 PM
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and oh yeah, for the time being, you can take the HDD of the boot order. makes it easier to turn off the cp... or at least faster
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20th August 2006, 09:15 PM
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Ok, I finally got to the boot screen, had to press ESC... but got it to work. Now my question is, can I just put in my DVD that I burned Fedora to or do I have to use a boot disk... i.e CD with boot image- burned from Nero or use a USB jump drive?
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20th August 2006, 09:20 PM
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if you have the full dvd iso image on the disc i believe you can boot directly off it. i think it would be a bad idea to mix media in an install.
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20th August 2006, 09:32 PM
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Still having problems... DVD wont boot up- still pops into windows. When I cross check on another system all files appear to be there.
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20th August 2006, 09:38 PM
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so wait... the iso image is burned to the dvd-/+R disc, you went into the boot menu and nothing came up when you chose your drive?
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20th August 2006, 09:47 PM
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That is correct... the cursor came up for about 15 seconds, then it booted to windows again. I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out what is the matter. I do appreaciate your help and insight.
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20th August 2006, 09:51 PM
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lol. me have insight. thx for the compliment tho. i didnt realize there was a cursor for boot menu, i though it was arrow keys... but on you boot order in bios you took out the hdd. if you do that, windows wont be able to boot unless you put it back in.
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20th August 2006, 09:53 PM
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Cursor only shows after I choose to boot from CD and hit enter...I will try removing HDD from boot order.
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