could not boot from RedHat 9.0 CD

[cljlk]

I am very new in Linux. This is the first time I am trying to install Linux.
I have RedHat9.0 CD. I insert the CD into CD-ROM, but did not boot up anything.
I searched through internet, it indicates that I have to change boot device,
because it could not automaticatly boot up from CD.
How to change boot dievice from IBM Laptop, Windows XP?

[Timothy Murphy]

cljlk wrote:

> I am very new in Linux. This is the first time I am trying to install
> Linux. I have RedHat9.0 CD. I insert the CD into CD-ROM, but did not boot
> up anything. I searched through internet, it indicates that I have to
> change boot device, because it could not automaticatly boot up from CD.
> How to change boot dievice from IBM Laptop, Windows XP?

This has nothing basically to do with Linux.
Can you boot Windows from your CD?
It would be surprising if you could not.
But if you really need to change your BIOS setting
(which I think is unlikely)
you will probably see on the screen when you boot
a message like "Press ESC to enter BIOS".
If you don't see such a message you'd have to look it up in your manual.

But it is much more likely that there is something wrong with your CD.
Where did you get it?
If it is a home-made copy,
the technique for making a bootable CD was probably not followed.

Incidentally, if you have a floppy drive
you can find the means to make a floppy boot disk on the CD --
or get one from RedHat's web-site --
and boot from that.

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[Paul Lutus]

cljlk wrote:

> I am very new in Linux. This is the first time I am trying to install
> Linux. I have RedHat9.0 CD. I insert the CD into CD-ROM, but did not boot
> up anything. I searched through internet, it indicates that I have to
> change boot device, because it could not automaticatly boot up from CD.
> How to change boot dievice from IBM Laptop, Windows XP?

You change the order of boot devices during bootup, not from XP.

1. Reboot your computer.

2. Notice as the power-on self-test is going on, a message appears like
"Press <f2> for setup" or words like that. Follow the instructions for your
machine.

3. Once in the BIOS setup program, find the boot order and place the CD
drive at the top of the list.

4. Exit and boot-up will recommence, this time booting from the CD.

After installing Linux, remember you did this (and undo it, returning to the
original setup). Many innocent-looking CDs are bootable. If you leave your
machine configured this way and leave a CD in the drive at power-off, next
time you boot up your computer might try to boot from it, and you will be
writing us again.

--
Paul Lutus
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[mjt]

cljlk wrote:

> How to change boot dievice from IBM Laptop

on next powerup, go into the BIOS setup and change
the boot order of devices so that CD is first
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