I got a computer from a friend. He installed Linux on it a long time ago and forgot about it. I bought it from him cheap thinking I would just format it and use it for windows. I can't get it to NOT boot into linux. It will not boot from the floppy and I've looked through all the BIOS options there are. It also won't boot from a Win98 bootable CD. Any help would be appreciated.<br>
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Bios or Linux boot problem
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If it w/n boot from a floppy then I would consider that a Bios issue. What type of computer is it?<br><br>There must be a way to reset the Bios to defaults...RTC battery or motherboard jumper....check it out.<br> <p>Doug<br><a href=mailto:dxd_2000@yahoo.com>dxd_2000@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>
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I don't understand "RTC battery or motherboard". I've tried setting the BIOS to defaults. It doesn't help. It has a bootable floppy and bootable CD and ignores both and boots into Linux. It has a SCSI hard drive installed, if that helps.<br>
How about the boot order parameter in the bios. If you tell it to boot a:,C; and a: doesn't boot then you have defective a: or a defective bios. And if you don't have boot order choice you are down to bad drive. You said that it would not boot from a bootable cdrom. Where did you set it to try? Normal boot order 1st floppy, 1st harddrive. Cd will boot only on those machines with boot order choice in bios. <p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>
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