On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM Tim Evans <tkevans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/20/24 3:35 PM, George N. White III wrote:
> [...]
> 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.
Thanks, George. As I said, it's never been booted into Windows, so
wouldn't have had any chance to get updates from MS/Dell. Does Fedora
re-package vendor firmware updates? Will give your suggestion a try when
I have a chance.
I had a stubborn laptop like you are describing. I bought it new. I could not update the UEFI or select a different boot device until I booted into Windows and updated Windows. My takeaway was... some OEMs seem to do some tying of the UEFI and the OS. Or they protect the Windows operating system if it is preinstalled. I never quite sorted it out.
(I was hoping mad because I had no interest in running Windows on that machine. And I did not want to accept Microsoft Terms of Service so the machine would boot.)
Jeff
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