From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from idea1.anoeticconcepts.com ([64.191.54.245]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BRLMt-0007N1-00 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 21:32:07 -0400 Received: from [66.169.211.52] (helo=frank) by idea1.anoeticconcepts.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BRLMx-0005td-60 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 21 May 2004 21:32:11 -0400 Message-ID: <200405212032070413.006ED9AF@mail.steve-audio.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:32:07 -0500 From: "Stephen Clower" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - idea1.anoeticconcepts.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - steve-audio.net Subject: Re: (way OT) thinkpad and cdrom booting X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 01:32:08 -0000 Cheryl, I think you need to have your boot order in the laptop's BIOS set to= CD-ROM, floppy, and then hard drive. That's how my laptop is configured,= and the Fedora CD's started up just fine. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/21/2004 at 8:27 PM Cheryl Homiak wrote: >I have a T23 thinkpad and some of you helped me when I was first setting >linux up on it. >I had thought that if a bootable cdrom was placed in the cdrom drive, the >boot would default to that, as with the floppy. However, I just tried this= >with the first cd of the fedora cdrom set (speakup; yarrow) and I >got taken directly to lilo instead. can somebody kindly refresh me on >this? Do I have to do something in the bios or is it possible that I've >made some kind of mistake in my burning, though I can't think what that >would be? >Thanks. > >-- >Cheryl > >"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve@steve-audio.net MSN: steve@steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting= http://www.steve-audio.net