Solutions Engineer

Dallas Smetter

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OK Ill check syslog etc... but I can't figure out how to boot into the BIOS on this machine?
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OK Ill check syslog etc... but I can't figure out how to boot into the BIOS on this machine?

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Hitting F1 repeatedly during early boot will likely get you into the BIOS.<br />
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If not, find a copy of docs for your specific motherboard, as very rarely there will be some other way into BIOS during boot.
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Hitting F1 repeatedly during early boot will likely get you into the BIOS.

If not, find a copy of docs for your specific motherboard, as very rarely there will be some other way into BIOS during boot.

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Try ESC, f11 it might bring up the boot manager where you can tells tto boot for the cd/usb....
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Try ESC, f11 it might bring up the boot manager where you can tells tto boot for the cd/usb....

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Other keys to get into the BIOS &nbsp;can be: f2 (dell) , f12 (AMI), Del<br />
Within the BIOS you should be able to run the bootloader.<br />
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Another option can be to remove the &quot;bootable&quot; flag &nbsp;from any harddisk partition using fdisk / gdisk ... &nbsp; making it impossible for thebios to boot from the harddisk.<br />
(or even delete the linux partition from the harddisk).
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Other keys to get into the BIOS  can be: f2 (dell) , f12 (AMI), Del
Within the BIOS you should be able to run the bootloader.

Another option can be to remove the "bootable" flag  from any harddisk partition using fdisk / gdisk ...   making it impossible for thebios to boot from the harddisk.
(or even delete the linux partition from the harddisk).

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I installed Elementary OS on my ThinkStation D30. Problem is, it locks up at about 30 seconds every time I boot it. There are also other things I don't like about it. <br />
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So I want to try Fedora, but when I put the Fedora Live CD in and boot the machine, it goes straight back into Elementary OS. <br />
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How can I force it to boot to the Fedora DVD?<br />
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Thank you in advance!
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I installed Elementary OS on my ThinkStation D30. Problem is, it locks up at about 30 seconds every time I boot it. There are also other things I don't like about it. 

So I want to try Fedora, but when I put the Fedora Live CD in and boot the machine, it goes straight back into Elementary OS. 

How can I force it to boot to the Fedora DVD?

Thank you in advance!

Installing a different Linux after Elementary OS

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