booting from CD, shortcuts anyone?

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Thanks, Alastair,

I forgot to mention: and this in in the nature of a confession: 
I don't know how to use Windows, and am not much motivated to learn it
just to replace it. So maybe you are right, getting sighted help.

Chuck


On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 07:15:30PM +0000, Alastair Irving wrote:
> 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
>>
>
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