Per Jessen [mailto:per@computer.org] replied:

Terry Eck wrote:

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Does SuSE somehow force the computer to bypass the boot sequence set in the BIOS when it is told to "restart"? If so, anyone know how this is done?

No, SUSE (nor anyone else) cannot override the boot-sequence set in the BIOS.

Not meaning to insult anyone, but it could be as simple as inattention. The default loader screen on the CD looks a lot like the default loader screen of installed SUSE - that pretty blue screen with four or five selections in the middle... If you aren't paying attention, you could imagine you're looking at the usual installed-SUSE startup selection screen. The default action of the screen from the CD is to load from hard disk, so unless you are paying attention and override that by selecting one of the other options, the system loads the preliminaries from the CD (not your hard disk), waits the few seconds for the timeout, doesn't get a keypress or mouse-click from you, and starts the default selection... which is your already installed SUSE 10. I've been wrong before. Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it.