Boot from CD

[Dan Healy]

The ESC key is the answer.  Also, thanks for the link to the manual.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

Dan H

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jonathon Olson <jonathon.olson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Pg 34 in the manual states the boot menu is accessed by the ESC key and
> BIOS setup is accessed by F2. Sometimes the CD is just a bad burn though,
> will it boot on another computer? I usually burn at lower speeds than my
> burner is capable of to help avoid errors in the burn process. I tried to
> attach the manual but it was too big to avoid moderation by the list admin.
> Here's a link to the manual instead:
> http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/K54C/E6591_eManual_K54L_K54LY_Z106.pdf
>
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:10 PM, goodtimetribe at gmail.com <
> goodtimetribe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i havent seen anyone come up with the most basic of basic checks though,
>> maybe it did and maybe i missed the answer:
>>
>> does it boot with any other cd?
>>
>> answering that question will narrow the scope to either the disk or to
>> the system
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Skip Guenter wrote:
>> > F12 is most common on Dells but could be F1, F2 or ESC to get to the
>> "boot
>> > option" menu right during BIOS check.  Sometimes you can just set it in
>> the
>> > BIOS boot order to look at the CD first.
>> >
>> > On 03/03/2013 03:00 PM, Dan Healy wrote:
>> >
>> >     F12 does not let me choose a boot device.  I have an ASUS X54C-MS91
>> Laptop
>> >     Computer.  It came with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit).
>>  I
>> >     burned an Ubuntu 12.04 CD in June of last year when I got this
>> computer and
>> >     used it to create my current system.  When I looked at the contents
>> it
>> >     looks just like the one I burned today.
>> >
>> >     Dan  H
>> >
>> >     On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Lee Sharp <[1]leesharp at hal-pc.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >         On 03/03/2013 01:45 PM, Dan Healy wrote:
>> >
>> >             I did "open with brasero" and got the same results, 9
>> folders,
>> >             boot,
>> >             casper, dists, install, isolinux, pics, pool, preseed,
>> ubuntu, and
>> >             4
>> >             files, autorun.inf, md5sum.txt, README.diskdefines, and
>> wubi.exe.
>> >
>> >
>> >         So if the CD shows that, it looks good.  What kind of computer
>> are you
>> >         on?  Can you hit F12 to choose a boot device?
>> >
>> >                                 Lee
>> >
>> >
>> >
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