Re: [PLUG] OT: Compaq bios boot order setting

[Tim Cwik <tcwik@stnhbr.com>]

On 2007.01.05 21:29, Art Alexion wrote:
> I am trying to help a friend set up a new Compaq over the phone.  I can't
> see
> his bios setup screens.
....
> When he took it home and started it, it wants to boot from the IDE drive
> first, thus booting his old OS tuned for incompatible hardware.
>
> As he reads the bios screens to me, it seems he can change the boot
> sequence
> among the "floppy group", the "CD-Rom group" and the "HDD group", but he
> can
> find a setting to change the sequence within these groups.
...
The is usually a way to select the group, perhaps with right arrow or  
enter when the group is highlighted and then change the order of members  
of the group. This lets you put ide-0, ide-1, etc in the order you want  
them.


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