Re: Boot Order
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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