• Boot from DVD (bios setting)

    I’ve been trying to install Fedora from DVD but couldn’t get the machine to read the DVD when it booted. I kept thinking it was a BIOS setting I had wrong (I could only choose ‘CD’ as a boot option). Eventually, I tried a bootable CD and that wouldn’t work either. The problem all along was that I had the DVD set as ‘cable select’ (and it selected itself as slave which may not have helped). When I changed the jumper to ‘Master’ I could boot from CD’s and DVD’s. I never found the answer when googling so I post this here in case it helps someone else.


  • A new category!

    I love reading. In fact, the only think I dislike about reading is getting to the end of a good book. You want the story to continue even though you know it’s reached it’s conclusion. How many books I read varies depends on two interlinked variables. 1) Having a book and 2) Having the time.

    I hate carrying a book around with me for just in case I get the time, although invariably I’ll leave a half read book in the car. When staying in hotels (seemingly more frequent as I visit more or our suppliers) is also one of the few times I’ll deliberately pack a book or two.

    Most of my books come from second hand bookshops and although I’ve never really though about there being a theme to the books I choose I’m noticing a lot of military/action/’good guys always win’ thrillers and just recently a lot of science fiction. The next posts in this category wil be my brief reviews of books as I read them. Not being one to miss an opportunity, you can even buy a copy yourself using the convieniently placed Amazon links (and yes, if you do I may well earn a few pennies!). Although, I expect a lot of what I’m reading is out of print. hey ho!


  • International post

    I’m standing in a hotel bar in Maastricht using my PDA on the hotels free wireless network to write this post. Fantastic! This is the way all hotels should be. If you are interested the hotel is the Bastion www.bastionhotel.nl (and there’s a new problem – this keyboard doesn’t have all the keys I need!)


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