HELP installing win2000

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Bob

I posted a message a couple days ago and goot a reply but
i still need help. i have Red Hat Linux on an older
computer that i loded on it got a college class i was
taking. Now i dont need the Linux OS and want to put
windows 2000 on the computer again. it originally had win
98 on it but when i loade the Linux OS i deleted the
windows OS. They reply i got a couple days ago told me to
change the Boot Sequence so it loads from the CD Rom
first and just put thge Windows 2000 disc in the CD drive
and it will install then. That sonds easy but i am not
sure how to change the Boot sequence in the Linux OS.
Please help.

Bob
 
Bob said:
I posted a message a couple days ago and goot a reply but
i still need help. i have Red Hat Linux on an older
computer that i loded on it got a college class i was
taking. Now i dont need the Linux OS and want to put
windows 2000 on the computer again. it originally had win
98 on it but when i loade the Linux OS i deleted the
windows OS. They reply i got a couple days ago told me to
change the Boot Sequence so it loads from the CD Rom
first and just put thge Windows 2000 disc in the CD drive
and it will install then. That sonds easy but i am not
sure how to change the Boot sequence in the Linux OS.
Please help.

Bob
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That's not a function of the OS

you need to do so in the bios!
 
That's not a function of the OS

you need to do so in the bios!
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OK thank you but i am still new at some of all this do
how do i get to the BIOS on a Linux system?? Is there a
certain F key i need to hit when the system is first
starting up? it is an HP computer.

Bob
 
OK thank you but i am still new at some of all this do
how do i get to the BIOS on a Linux system?? Is there a
certain F key i need to hit when the system is first
starting up? it is an HP computer.

Bob
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The BIOS has nothing to do with the Operating System (other than the fact
that the BIOS is the motherboard's software interface to the underlying
hardware - Basic Input Output System). There are a few hundred thousand
motherboard models with many having a proprietary licensed Bios written for
and by them. Like most people, consulting the documentation for your
particular model will get you the specifics.

Not to mention that a motherboard will usually display the required key
during POST. If this POST process happens too quickly for u to read, you can
use the keyboard's pause key to freeze startup and ESC to release.
 
Hi Bob,
The boot sequence is changed in the computer's bios, so it
doesn't matter which operating system is on it. As the
machine starts up it should show onscreen somewhere which
key you need to press to enter Setup, which is where you
need to go to change the boot sequence.
rgds,
Terri
 
Terri said:
Hi Bob,
The boot sequence is changed in the computer's bios, so it
doesn't matter which operating system is on it. As the
machine starts up it should show onscreen somewhere which
key you need to press to enter Setup, which is where you
need to go to change the boot sequence.
rgds,
Terri
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No, the thing you can change in the BIOS boot sequence is the order of
the possible boot devices, e.g. SCSI 1st, IDE 2nd, CD 3rd etc. There
is no BIOS config for which O/S to boot. All the BIOS does is it load
the boot sector from the specified device and executes it.

What this man has got is a customised boot record. I think programs
like Partition Magic (Boot Manager) can be used to change that
around...


Peter.
 
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