Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/06/2000 (17:03) : > look at the compaq web site, it has online manuals for almost all machines. > > Typically for compaq, it boots, tests memory, beeps twice, puts the cursor > into the upper right hand corner, and at that time you should press F10 to > enter BIOS.
Ah thanks. > Also, most compaqs w/in the last 5 years will boot to CDrom, so just put a > bootable debian disk in and try it, it is an effortless way to install! Hmm. I was lead to believe it booted floppy before hard disc, but I'll check. -- Preben Randhol -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- <http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/> +---+ "There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate | ! | superiority of the male, except his superior muscle." +---+ -- Bertrand Russell, Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind (1950)