Joe Hart wrote: > Thomas H. George wrote: > > I built a new computer with two hard drives and installed XP Home > > Edition on the first drive. The second drive contains my Debian system > > - kernel 2.6.17 and Testing. I intended to use disc 1 of a Sarge > > installation set as a rescue disk to access hdb and run lilo to convert > > this box to a dual boot box. > > > After XP was installed the system will no longer boot from a CD. Even > > after I entered BIOS setup and changed the first, second and third boot > > choices to CDROM the system still persists in booting from the hard > drive. > > > What can I do to regain control? > > > Tom George > > > It has to be your BIOS. XP cannot change how your computer boots other > than modifying the MBR of the primary HD, which _could_ cause your > computer not to see your Debian, but you still should be able to boot > from CD. Unless your BIOS is messed up. True, however if the CD is bad (scratched ?) , the bios might have some hidden, automatic fallback which makes it boot from the first hard-drive. Make sure the CD is still bootable, e.g. by trying it on some other machine. Also, check the cables on your CD-drive. -- Håkon Alstadheim http://alstadheim.priv.no/hakon/ spamtrap: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 1 hit & you are out
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