Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

On Sat 26 Mar 2016 at 22:44:36 (+), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 21:50:42 Felix Miata wrote: > > As long as PS/2 ports have existed, it's unfathomable that BIOS makers > > apparently still have not figured out how to have either port support a > > keyboard at POST time.

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Monday 28 March 2016 10:35:11 chrisb@localhost.localdomain wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:35:36PM +0100, jdd wrote: > > Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit : > > > Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu > > ^^^ > Weird

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:35:36PM +0100, jdd wrote: > Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit : > > > Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu ^^^ Weird ... I guess that is supposed to be F11, which makes me wonder is the shift key

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > I am taking up a lot of message time here. But my question is a > very simple one: can one, after booting, and as root, change the > BIOS so that the machine will boot from a DVD if one is present, > or from a USB thumb

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

Lisi Reisz composed on 2016-03-26 22:44 (UTC): > I didn't know that the "wrong" one worked in the OS!! I wasn't conscious of any such thing. Alan proved it does at least in Wheezy. > I last put the mouse in > the keyboard one, and vice versa, in the days before they were colour coded, > when

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

On Saturday 26 March 2016 21:50:42 Felix Miata wrote: > Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 14:57 (UTC-0400): > >...I think it fortunate > > that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of... > > Please, let's not think of me so much expert as experienced. I can't count > the times

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 14:57 (UTC-0400): ...I think it fortunate that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of... Please, let's not think of me so much expert as experienced. I can't count the times I've fumbled a keyboard connector into the top port and found

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

Alan McConnell wrote: ... > Yes. My keyboard was plugged into the _green_ port. (my > mouse is elsewhere). So I shut down, changed my keyboard > cord to the purple port . . . Voila! That did the > trick. I can now press F11 and Del and both work as > the manual

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 01:53:17PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > *If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side > depending on your orientation, it's time to take another look at > your motherboard's manual, in particular, the "Back Panel Quick > Guide" or similar that depicts

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat 26 Mar 2016 at 12:11:22 (-0400), Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ? >

Re: Changing Boot Order (correction)

Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 12:11 (UTC-0400): I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white cable from the keyboard back into the top orifice at the back of my standard case. *If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 12:11 (UTC-0400): I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white cable from the keyboard back into the top orifice at the back of my standard case. *If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 26 March 2016 at 16:53, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 16:11:22 Alan McConnell wrote: > > I have been told by a kind responder that my keyboard > > is inadequate, and I should borro(buy?) a new one. Since > > my present keyboard

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote: > First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes: > those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!! > key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and > received no responses. And I can't

Re: Changing Boot Order

Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit : Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu (finish) And there you have it. The last line of the excerpt is exacly the text that appears on my

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Saturday 26 March 2016 16:11:22 Alan McConnell wrote: > I have been told by a kind responder that my keyboard >    is inadequate, and I should borro(buy?) a new one.  Since >    my present keyboard works fine for all purposes up to now, >    I don't see why my

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ? No, I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white

Re: Changing Boot Order

> boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ? I remember having the problem some time back, where a default setting of the BIOS had to be changed to enable the BIOS to control USB. And of

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell a écrit : > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > on with

Re: Changing Boot Order

Le 25/03/2016 23:52, Michael Fothergill a écrit : ​Try this:​ ​http://www.easyuefi.com/index-us.htm​l ​It says it can be installed on linux machines. don't think so. It's a windows app that can also manage linux uefi entries on nvram (not tested with wine?) jdd

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Friday 25 March 2016 23:31:34 Doug wrote: > On 03/25/2016 07:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote: > >>i just tried this to make sure it worked as described > >> and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly. > >> > >>

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-25 19:21 (UTC-0400): When I turn on the computer, the keyboard lights up just fine. And everything else works fine. It is just that I can't boot from anything but my /boot, with its functioning grub. In other words, the

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 03/25/2016 07:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote: i just tried this to make sure it worked as described and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly. when your grub boot screen flashes there will be a list of entries

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:44:52PM -0430, Jhon Prada wrote: > > HI don't waste your time with Debian explanations. Plug the keyboard and > see if the lights are lighting. If don't, it's the keyboard that is not > activating in the boot. Look for another keyboard or plug into another > port and

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote: > > i just tried this to make sure it worked as described > and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly. > > when your grub boot screen flashes there will be a list > of entries to select. the default if you haven't

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote: > First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes: > those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!! > key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and > received no responses. And I can't

Re: Changing Boot Order

El 25 mar. 2016 5:36 PM, "songbird" escribió: > > Alan McConnell wrote: > ... > > Others have suggested changing /etc/default/grub. I've tried > > that too, and have run 'update-grub' afterward. It doesn't seem > > to have done anything. Perhaps someone can post an

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell wrote: ... > Others have suggested changing /etc/default/grub. I've tried > that too, and have run 'update-grub' afterward. It doesn't seem > to have done anything. Perhaps someone can post an example of > an /etc/default/grub where the boot order is explicitly described? i

Re: Changing Boot Order

First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes: those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!! key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and received no responses. And I can't change the screen which asks me which kernel I want to boot. I get the

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Thu 24 Mar 2016 at 16:44:54 (-0400), Alan McConnell wrote: > Assembled Wisdom! > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order.

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-24 16:44 (UTC-0400): I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the boot order. No matter what key I press, the

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Thursday 24 March 2016 20:44:54 Alan McConnell wrote: > Assembled Wisdom! > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order. No

Re: Changing Boot Order

Alan McConnell wrote: > Assembled Wisdom! > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 24 March 2016 at 20:44, Alan McConnell wrote: > Assembled Wisdom! > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order.

Re: Changing Boot Order

Greetings, I don't have an answer to your question but maybe sharing a personal experience will help with the problem entering bios setup. I recently had the same issue using a wireless keyboard and discovered the system only responded to a hardwired keyboard at that point in the boot

Changing Boot Order

Assembled Wisdom! I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues on with a re-boot of my