F12 is not an option on the CPiA. Try Fn +F3 for the battery screen and then Alt+P to move around. I would also update the BIOS to A15 using the Floppy Method. The early BIOS versions were buggy.
Finally I got the prompt. This is the method I used:
1. I connected the external floppy drive and inserted a blank (not formatted) disk (in fact, this disk originally was an old linux boot disk, my idea was to try booting from floppy)
2. After Dell Logo, two options were presented to me (prompt): F1 to enter setup, F2 to retry (reading the floppy I suppose)
3. After pressing F1 I got into BOIS setup and changed boot order to include CDROM.
Art
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November 4th, 2005 18:00
If a BIOS Password is set, you would need that.
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November 8th, 2005 14:00
Finally I got the prompt. This is the method I used:
1. I connected the external floppy drive and inserted a blank (not formatted) disk (in fact, this disk originally was an old linux boot disk, my idea was to try booting from floppy)
2. After Dell Logo, two options were presented to me (prompt): F1 to enter setup, F2 to retry (reading the floppy I suppose)
3. After pressing F1 I got into BOIS setup and changed boot order to include CDROM.
Thank you!!