SCO OpenServer Handbook
Chapter 2, Installing or upgrading an SCO system

Booting from CD-ROM

Booting from CD-ROM

The SCO OpenServer installation CD-ROM is now bootable. This allows for a faster installation and allows you to skip the steps which require you to insert and load the installation boot floppy.

You can use this feature if your system BIOS supports CD-ROM as a boot option. You cannot use this feature if your system BIOS recognizes only a proprietary bootable CD-ROM format.

To use this feature:

  1. Complete steps 1-3 of the standard installation procedure.

  2. Enter your system's BIOS configuration program. This program might be accessed from a configuration floppy or by pressing keys immediately after you power-cycle the system.

  3. Specify CD-ROM as the primary boot device (before C: or A:).

  4. Save this change to the system BIOS and exit the configuration program.

  5. Shut down your system.

  6. Insert the SCO OpenServer CD-ROM and remove any other media from other boot devices on your system.

  7. Resume the standard installation procedure at step 5.

    For step 6, press <Enter> without inserting any additional media, unless you have a Boot Time Loadable Driver to install.

    For step 7, you do not need to insert the CD-ROM as it is already present.


NOTE: Because not all installation utilities are aware that the CD-ROM drive is emulating the floppy drive, you might see an error message or prompt that mistakenly refers to the floppy drive.

If you are using the bootable CD-ROM feature, assume that messages you receive that refer to installation media pertain to the CD-ROM drive.