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Moozillaaa
January 24th, 2011, 06:13 PM
The DVD disk is from LinuxFormatMagazine, and PCLOS is the ISO that boots.

It has 10.10 on it also, but that isn't the ISO that loads by default.

Do I have to transfer the 10.10 file, and burn it to a new ISO? Or can I run or install it from its' current file type on the DVD?
psusi
January 24th, 2011, 07:59 PM
When it boots up, you get a menu of which OS you want. Pick Ubuntu.
Moozillaaa
January 24th, 2011, 08:01 PM
When it boots up, you get a menu of which OS you want. Pick Ubuntu.

Hi psusi...

It loads PCLOS, without any sort of GRUBloader.

Thanks tho'.
psusi
January 24th, 2011, 08:28 PM
I wonder if they are using the boot catalog method instead of a grub/syslinux menu? If so then your bios is supposed to let you choose, but some bios are buggy and just boot the first one.
Moozillaaa
January 24th, 2011, 11:54 PM
So some BIOS are capable of allowing a choice before loading any of multiple images on a optical drive???

I'll see what I can find here; thanks...