Hi Darcy, If your bios is set to boot from the CD/DVD, then it should pick that up first before the hard drive. Vista should not affect/interfere with this process.
Check your bios to make sure that the CD/DVD is selected ahead of the hard drive. If that doesn't work, do you have another computer around to test and see if your CD will boot? As far as Vista and the MBR, there may be issues there that you would have to work out if you wanted to install Fedora in a dual-boot configuration, and that I don't have information on. Cheers! Neil B. On Monday 12 May 2008 19:49, Darcy Dean wrote: > Hi, > > This is an update on my attempt to run a Fedora 8 live cd on my Vista > laptop. I did the following: > > I downloaded Fedora 8 live cd i686 on to a 700 mb cd. The file size > was 697 mb. > > Set Bios to boot from CD/DVD. > > Inserted live cd and shut down laptop. Started laptop. > MS loaded instead of Fedora 8 live. > > Checked the web and learned that Vista may interfere with the mbr > when Fedora boots. Is this what might be preventing Fedora from > loading? > > Any suggestions as to what I may have missed? > > Thanks, > > Darcy _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
