On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:31 AM Tim Evans <tkevans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Woke up yesterday to terminal messages about /var/log being read-only;
all graphical apps (Thunderbird, Chrome) had crashed. So, I decided to
reboot.
Background first: this is a new (3-months-old) PC. It came with two
disks, an NVME with Windows 11 pre-installed and an empty second HDD. I
DID NOT boot the system in Windows when it arrived. Instead, I popped
in a Fedora 39 Live thumbdrive, hit the BIOS hot key, and booted from
the thumbdrive, then installed F39.
Again, the system has never, ever, booted into Windows. Which means I
have no Bitlocker recovery key, nor any means to access it. Contacting
Microsoft won't do any good, since the system was never registered. (I
will have to try Dell.)
F39 install was successful, and I've been using the system ever since.
Normal grub bootup, offering Fedora kernels, rescue boot, and Windows.
So, getting back to yesterday, I went to reboot the system, and it came
up with the blue MS Bitlocker screen, asking for the Bitlocker Recovery
key. Have never seen this before.
Then, I noted the "skip this drive" button on the Bitlocker screen,
which brought up a second screen, with an alternative devices button.
Clicking this reveals a "Fedora" button. Clicking it brings up the
normal grub boot screen and away we go into Fedora.
Repeating the reboot gets the same results. I have to click through the
Bitlocker screens to get to a Fedora boot.
Not a big, big deal, but this prevents any sort of unattended reboot
from being possible.
Suggestions for restoring the normal boot process, please? Thanks.
I have a Dell desktop with Windows 11 and Linux. There have been problems
after Dell firmware updates were installed. Several updates messed with the
of boot options. On my system <F2> while booting with the Dell logo
displayed gets to the "BIOS" settings. There should be a Boot tab where
you can view and change the order of available boot options.
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George N. White III
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