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Entering Bios in Win95 for office Linux

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by justin

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Hi

Im trying to install Linux on our office laptops which only have cd drives, i need to change the bios to so i can boot linux from cd but on start up their are no instructions to enter bios ie crtl + esc or whatever. Does anyone know how to force boot into bios or force boot from cd in win95. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Justin

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by thechas

Depending on how old these laptops are, they might not support booting from CD.

You will need to check with the laptop mfg for instructions on entering setup, or booting from CD.
If they are not available, or no help, please add the make and model of the laptops to your question.

One work-around would be to remove the hard drives from the laptops, and image them as bootable drives with either the Linux install files, or the full configuration.

The simple way to do this, is to add a "hot-swap" bay to a desktop ($10), and use the connector adapters from a 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter kit ($4) (prices from www.compgeeks.com)

Then, create an image of the full install for the laptops, format the drives, and copy the image over.

Chas

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