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silverbirch
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« on: September 23, 2010, 04:11:58 AM »
Hi all

I have an old Pentium III, Intel, 500Mhz processor, 256 memory, that I'd like to try LXDE on.  I can't boot from CD, although I know I have before, as have Tiny Me installed on it.  I have googled, but don't understand the answers about flashing BIOS.

Pressing F1 enters set up but see no boot order, therefore no way to change it.

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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 04:25:50 AM »
Type of mainoard ?
Try to find the manual.(Google)
When you are in BIOS it's mostly the advanced options or the second page where you can change the boot order.
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 04:35:15 AM »
What happens when you take out the hard disk? By that I mean disconnect it, then power up the computer. Can you boot the CD without and HDD? You might like to change the jumpers on the CD-drive to Master and the HDD to Slave to get it the distro installed.

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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2010, 02:04:33 AM »
Thanks for those suggestions.  Can't find a second page to change boot order as I have done in other machines.  Will try the jumper thing when have a bit more time.  Thanks
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