So I'll leap in here. I've been trying to get my Dell Inspiron to boot
from a Linux stick. No boot menu anywhere, all the articles say oh, you
have to do this and this and that, but......will this actually work?
On 06/08/2019 02:28, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I think I found the answer:
• Fast Boot
On/Off
Enabling fast boot will make the initial post/boot slightly faster by bypassing the boot
device check and using last boot HDD.
Default: On
So now I just need some eyeballs to help me get in there and turn that off.
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 20:28:41 -0500
Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
Yes, on my HP Envy, if I hit the F2 key at startup, I can select from a
list of boot devices. I do this when I'm installing a new OS from my USB
stick.
On 8/5/19 4:27 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Getting into the bios isn't the problem. It's selecting a device to boot from which is.
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From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400
Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
The delete key can get you into bios on some systems too.
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:59:41
From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
Often the escape key can be used to bring up a boot menu. That being
said, there's usually an option in bios to set more than 1 boot drive,
such that if the 1st 1 doesn't contain bootable media, it'll move onto
the 2nd 1, etc.
On 8/5/19, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My bios:
Board: EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 131-HE-E995 1.0
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 2.08 06/28/2019
does not seem to have a function whereby you can select a device to boot
from using one of the function keys. Instead, one must physically go into
the bios and change boot order, if, for example, you wish to boot from a
flash drive to install an OS. And if that flash drive is subsequently
removed, the system will not boot, until you go into the bios and change the
boot order, again.
My question: is this normal bios behavior these days, or is something wrong
in my particular implementation. I turned off the secure boot function in
there. Would turning that on fix this? What else might I look for in the
bios to either (a) allow for falling back on different devices should one be
removed or (b) to allow the function key boot menu found in previous bios
implementations.
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