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[solved] Toshiba Tecra M5 boot device selection
« on: October 08, 2010, 07:51:19 AM »
I have borrowed a Toshiba Tecra M5 laptop running windows XP I want to boot to BIOS, can't ask the owner as it past midnight here. Anybody point me in the right sequence of events/keys to get into the BIOS to set it booting from DVD drive to get pclos LiveCD up and running.

I know I should have searched Forum and Googled but am kind of busy in Networking section at the moment.   ;D
« Last Edit: October 08, 2010, 10:19:17 AM by wedgeling »
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Re: Toshiba Tecra M5
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 10:07:47 AM »
Try pressing F2 or F1 to enter BIOS, and F10 or F12 for boot menu.
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Re: Toshiba Tecra M5
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 10:15:21 AM »
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Re: Toshiba Tecra M5
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 10:18:06 AM »
Kukaraja
Thank you very much, it was the F12 key that got me to the redish Toshiba screen, and after a while I figured out that I could select the the boot device by selecting the correct icon.  

Now happily running the Gnome LiveCD. And I am happy  ;D ;D  

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Sorry I am not going to try  :D
« Last Edit: October 19, 2010, 01:17:51 AM by wedgeling »
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TV CompuPro VideoMate Vista E700 (not working in Linux), Acer X243HD LCD Screen
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