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lhenderson
10-03-2002, 11:27 AM
i am having terrible trouble trying to upgrade from linux redhat to windows 2000. i was wondering if someone could give me some pointers i would be most grateful as it is starting to freak me out. the laptop wouldn't boot from the win2000 cd or floppy drive.
thanks so much :confused:
AllGamer
10-03-2002, 11:56 AM
Make sure your Laptop BIOS is set to BOOT from CD or A:

if not it will just go to the HDD

and there's no UPGRADE path from Linux to Win2K

you will simply have to FDISK, FORMAT, and INSTALL Win2K

:t
lhenderson
10-04-2002, 04:41 AM
THANKS. I TRIED THAT BUT I COULDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO SET THE BIOS. ANY TIPS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THIS IS A CRAZY MACHINE. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH FDISK AND FORMATTING THE DRIVE BUT THE MACHINE REFUSES TO BOOT FROM FLOPPY OR CDROM

AGAIN THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS:confused:
gtaylor
10-04-2002, 06:13 AM
What make is your laptop?

Graeme
lhenderson
10-04-2002, 10:11 AM
ibm thinkpad 380ed i also have an unbranded pc with the same problem.
gtaylor
10-04-2002, 10:19 AM
Do you mean you can't get into the bios, or can't set it?

Graeme.
lhenderson
10-04-2002, 10:25 AM
can't get into the bios. i think there is a way of running an fdisk utility on linux but i know nothing about linux as i have never used it.
gtaylor
10-04-2002, 10:41 AM
Press and hold F2 when turning the machine on. The following link gives a bit more detail:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3JWKJX.html?lang=en_US&page=brand&brand=none&family=IBM+ThinkPad%7CThinkPad+380ED&doctype=&subtype=All&up=unknownuser1004106089

It should then be possible to set it under boot options somewhere. For the other machine, try holding down the delete key when turning it on, if that doesn't work, try F1.

Graeme.
lhenderson
10-04-2002, 10:55 AM
thanks so much that did the trick. i am now installing windows 2000 successfully. i thought it was going to get the better of me. thanks again for your help. you saved me from going mad.

cheers:t
gtaylor
10-04-2002, 11:07 AM
No worries mate, glad to be of help!

Graeme.