Re: Boot Order
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:54:22 +0000
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> It seems Dan Norton has decided to selfishly make *his* spam problem
> into everybody else's spam problem, and I've just had a bounce message
> in response to my mail below, saying I have to ask to be added to his
> list of allowed senders. I refuse to pander to this - I guess he will
> have to do without any help...
>
Your previous post came through on the list. I guess the problem you're
alluding to came because you also cc'd me directly, which was
unnecessary.
I appreciate your response. Sorry for any inconvenience.
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 04:46:16PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 02:59:44PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
> >>
> >>After installing stretch, it changed to:
> >>
> >>UEFI Boot Sources
> >> debian
> >> ATAPI CD/DVD Drive
> >> USB Floppy/CD
> >> USB Hard Drive
> >>Legacy Boot Sources
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>If done by firmware, wouldn't grub or the installer have to tell
> >>the firmware to put "debian" in the bios menu and make it first? In
> >>its past life, this PC ran Windows 7 but in order to boot from
> >>mountable media there was no need for the user to change the boot
> >>order.
> >
> >You've been bitten by an unexpected change due to your PC's vendor
> >doing crap setup, I'm afraid. For your setup to have worked, that
> >means that you had a Windows setup using BIOS boot, but the BIOS set
> >to boot UEFI first then BIOS second. If you want sensible dual boot
> >with a BIOS-booting Windows, the best way to achieve that is to turn
> >UEFI boot *off* in the BIOS setup so you have consistency between the
> >two OSes. The installer even has code to check for this setup and
> >offer you a chance to *not* install in UEFI mode if it detects traces
> >of BIOS-booting OSes on your system.
> >
> >--
> >Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
> >steve@einval.com
> > Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember
> > that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of
> > the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated over the
> > SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst burning *black*
> > candles. --- Anthony DeBoer
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