MEPIS install affected BIOS

**j9tc** · 09-20-2005

Mepis install affects BIOS
Tried MEPIS live. Liked it so pushed install. After a little experience I found too many non-working apps. Wanted to go back to Mandrake. Couldn't boot from CD. Tried to get to BIOS using DEL during initial boot. System ignored it and went on to hard drive.
Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM. CPU=ATHLON @1.8gH,
CD=OPTOWRITE CD-RW 52x24x52.
keyboard=AT translated set 2.
Any suggestions?
j9tc

**truoc444** · 09-20-2005

i have one machine that it's F1 another it's F2 and another that it's Esc to get to the bios. i've never heard of an os changing it though that's weird.

**Vergil83** · 09-20-2005

try reseting your bios, there should be a way (manually doing something on your motherboard)

**truoc444** · 09-20-2005

i guess if you can't find the motherboard bios jumper you can always pull the cmos battery for a few mins that usually works for resetting the bios.

**chopin1810** · 09-21-2005

That just works for resetting stuff like the password... can't think of anything else but that though

**j9tc** · 09-21-2005

Thanks guys. Your help is appreciated.
I think the trouble lies in some peculiarity of the technology involved in trying to install from a live CD. I had a somewhat similar problem a month or so ago when I tried to install from Puppy Linux 1.0.1 live CD. That time I didn't lose the ability to go into BIOS and reset the boot order. When I booted up for the first time after reinstalling Mandrake, an icon for the PuppyLinux settings file appeared on the login screen beside the regular lilo box. That icon didn't show up on subsequent logins. A puzzlement, huh?
Thanks again
j9tc

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