Installing Linux

[omarkhadeer]

Hi

I have the iso images for linux red hat. but when i boot it from the cd it is not comming and instead it directly boots Windows XP ( my current OS ).

Any suggestions?

[sarumont]

You have to tell your computer to boot from CD by changing the boot order in the BIOS. If you can get into your BIOS, browse around for the 'boot order' option and set it to boot from CD-ROM first.

If you don't know how to access your BIOS, consult your computer's documentation or the people that you bought it from.

[danbo]

to access the BIOS you would normally press the key labelled 'DEL' on startup..... keep pressing it until you enter the BIOS.... once you get into the bios three lights on your keyboard should flash.... these are normally:

CAPS LOCK
NUM LOCK
SCROLL LOCK

p.s. if DEL doesn't work try F2

[variant]

Also if you used nero burning rom in windows the cd's you created will probably not boot... you need to use some option or other with nero i beleive to get it to work.. thats what you get with proprietry software though:/

[omarkhadeer]

Also if you used nero burning rom in windows the cd's you created will probably not boot... you need to use some option or other with nero i beleive to get it to work.. thats what you get with proprietry software though:/

think this is the problem then

[Napalm]

Also if you used nero burning rom in windows the cd's you created will probably not boot... you need to use some option or other with nero i beleive to get it to work.. thats what you get with proprietry software though:/

think this is the problem then

i used nero tho to get my rh9.0 linux cd's to boot i just burned them as-is no boot configuration

the most likely problem is the bios boot order

MUST set cdrom as first boot device
MUST disable quick boot
might help to disable "try other boot devices"

[variant]

apparantly older versions of nero wont make a real bootable cd even if you select "bootable" in the menu.. this can be worked around although i forget how to do it, i remember finding te answer quite easily with google. newer versions should make the bootable cd np. - This is probably your problem.

As most bios differ to a large degree it is hard to tell you exactly where each option is. So, (as others have said) make the cdrom boot before the hard disk the rest of the boot order does not matter. you will also have to enable an option such as "enable boot from cdrom"
If your bios does not allow booting from cdrom then you will need to use boot floppys.

[Hellmasker]

u shouldnt need to go thru all the nero options, just click burn from iso in the file menu