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Old 02-19-2013, 04:20 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by thomass View Post
True.... and even though that focuses on USB stick boots it is "generally the right vibe"

: ) (see 2 mins 11 seconds for the BIOS version of the menu I describe below)

More generally:
  • boot machine
  • wildly slap at the function buttons (I would try F12 or F10 myself on a random "other persons" computer...
  • Choose "Boot From CD" assuming you have a machine new enough to have a bootloader menu

that is the route of least resistance and will work in many cases without BIOS diving.

Otherwise it is BIOS twiddling as illustrated above.
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