booting from CD, shortcuts anyone?

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

The only way I could possibly suggest would be to try and boot from cd 
using your bootloader.  However, this will probably involve installing a 
new bootloader with the capability to boot from cd and configuring it 
appropriately.  This should in principle all be possible from within 
windows, but I expect it would be difficult.  Also, if you mess it up 
you could end up not able to boot.  You're probably best waiting for 
someone sighted with access to a screen.

Alastair
Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm hoping somebody might know some real cool tricks for booting a
> laptop from a CD when the BIOS is not set properly.
> 
> I have a screenless laptop from GW-Micro with Windows installed on it,
> and want to replace the OS with Linux. It's not convenient to get
> sighted help here to reset the BIOS to allow the CD to take access over
> the HD, and I bet I am not the first blind guy to have to face this
> problem. I don't know the Windows version, and don't know which keys
> might interrupt the boot sequence. Any magic tricks someone might share
> would be greatly appreciated.  Otherwise I guess I'll just have to wait
> for the cavalry.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>