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Alot of Questions
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Posted by: halfcat
I was up late reading some crazy indistingueshable l33t blabber on the quote of the day thing and got thinking.
Who started OTS? Did you guys know each other on bnet b4 OTS or visa versa? How do i set my computer to boot from a CD? Of all the sites i have visited, how has OTS managed to suck my very soul into the computer?
Now that i type when I'm rested, it seems less important,.....exept the boot CD thing... but i'd still like some answers to these Q's.
Posted by: FadedMaster
You can set your computer to boot from CD in the BIOS. Usually you can push Delete while booting to enter the BIOS (sometimes refered to as "Setup"). Othertimes you have to push F2. Once there, look for something about Boot Device Order or similar. And set the have the CD-ROM boot before your hard drive.
Posted by: halfcat
Thanks, it turned out to be F1.
Posted by: uh...ok
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Originally Posted by halfcat
I was up late reading some crazy indistingueshable l33t blabber on the quote of the day thing and got thinking.
Who started OTS? Did you guys know each other on bnet b4 OTS or visa versa? How do i set my computer to boot from a CD? Of all the sites i have visited, how has OTS managed to suck my very soul into the computer?
Now that i type when I'm rested, it seems less important,.....exept the boot CD thing... but i'd still like some answers to these Q's.
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You might be interested in clicking on the link to "About Our Site" for more details about OTS's grand history. 
For the lazy: http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/about.php
As for the gritty details not included in there, well, Laggy (or more known to you guys as Canis Lupus) is the one who started this site... something that's pretty obvious too if you dig just a tiny bit around this site.
As for whether we knew each other before this site started... some of us did, mostly through the Open Tech Support channel on Battle.net. A lot of those people have moved on to other places, other things, and the demographic of this place has changed considerably since its conception. Now, chances are that most people you meet here only know each other through OTS.net (or they know each other personally because of offline referrals to this site).
Posted by: halfcat
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have we met before?  but anyway, thanks for that. Now that i know the inner workings, i can bring you down from the inside MUAHAHAHA. jk jk, please don't beat me up. :cries:
Posted by: Gunslinger
The boot priorty in your BIOS should have CD-ROM as higher than Hard Drive as a default. It will always try to boot from the CD first as long as there is a bootable CD in the drive. BIOS changes should not be necessary.
So to answer the question: To boot from the CD, put a cd in the drive, and restart.
Posted by: halfcat
ya, I'm pretty convinced its just not going to work. I changed it, and instead of booting from the disk, it just booted windows, then freaked out and died.
Posted by: uh...ok
Make sure you press the "any" key to boot into Windows setup if it's a Windows installation disk...
Posted by: TheeMon
oh noes wheres the "any" key
Posted by: halfcat
[QUOTE]....key to boot into Windows setup if it's a Windows installation disk...[QUOTE]
its for Diabolic. It's a linux multimedia OS.
Posted by: FadedMaster
You could try disabling your hard drive in your boot order (not disabling the BIOS from recognizing it though), and then booting. That might work. If it doesn't want to boot from the CD, I'd try a different bootable CD just to see if it's the media or not. If it still won't then I'd try a BIOS update.
Posted by: halfcat
it definately isn't the CD, it has worked on 2 or 3 other computers. It isn't a big deal, don't even worry about it. but thanks for all the help.
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