Matthew Downs wrote:
> Ive been considering switching to Linux, but i have this older computer.
> I dont use it much,but i thought i would keep it so i could continue to run
> some of my
> Windows programs. Well,i think the battery went dead and cleared the Bios.
> I cant get it to boot from the hard drive, or the floppy. The only thing i
> can get it to
> do is boot from the CDrom,with my Linspire disc. It only works with the Live
> CD,it wont
> Install. From there i can read and write to both the hard drive,and the
> floppy.
> Ive messed around with the bios a bit,but i have no idea what half that stuff
> is.
> I took a class in electronics years ago, but when it comes to programming im
> as
> blind as a bat. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'd look around in your BIOS for the boot order. It may have gotten
changed to something weird.
Chad Martin
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