[SoaS] bios and soas

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Fom My EeePC 900 I hit the <TAB> key during boot to bring up the boot 
selection screen

Tom Gilliard
satellit

george pope wrote:
> The message below bounced this AM due to a subscription mix up. After
> I sent it I tried running the SOAS .iso file on a 2009 Asus Eee PC 701
> note book and even saw the USB in a bios window. But I was too chicken
> to click it. I'm afraid I am too used to being overseas where getting
> help should I sabatage my notebook could a problem.
>
> Where can I find BIOS manuals so as to be less scared?
>
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>
> Subject: soas and an old? bios
> I've got: Fedora-13-i65y6-liveSoaS.iso copied to a USB stick.
>
> The boot order menu on my IBM ThinkPad T20 includes the following:
>
> 1. Removeable Drives _?_
> 2. HD
> 3. ATAPT CD ROM Drive
> 4. Network Boot
> 4. Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.8.17
>
> The manual for this computer is dated Apr 2002. Were they booting from
> USB Sticks back then?
>
> Do I need to up date my Bios to run SOAS? Bios scares me. Sorry guys.
>
> George Pope
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