On Oct 16, 6:37 am, LinuxJunkie wrote:
> I'm trying to save a Dell machine that's badged as an Optiplex GXL
> 5200 from having to suffer the vagaries of running Windohs 98, by
> installing a proper O.S. on it in the form of Linux.
>
> My problem is that there doesn't seem to be an option in the BIOS to
> boot from the CD/DVD ROM
>
> Any suggestions please?

Try pressing the following keys at the start boot. Some bioses have
a special key to invoke a boot option menu which usually can select CD
as a boot device.
Esc
F2
F4
F10