Re: Installation
On 09/25/2012 02:56 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 06:33:02PM +0200, lee wrote:
They even have begun to use different keys to get into the BIOS quite some
time ago.
Really? Have you got a source for that allegation?
http://www.mydigitallife.info/comprehensive-list-of-how-key-to-press-to-access-bios-for-various-oem-and-computer-systems/
http://www.cpucare.net/Hardware/BIOS/Access_BIOS.htm
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htmhttp://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_pc.htm
All from the first page of Google hits for 'BIOS key'. Not all of them support
the "quite some time ago" part of the claim (though at least one indicates that
the nonuniformity dates back as far as the early '90s), but they all support the
proposition that there is considerable variation in what keys are used.
Off the top of my head, I've personally seen computers where the "key you press
during POST to enter the BIOS" is Esc, Del, F2, and F12 - only ever one per
computer, and usually consistent per BIOS model, but not beyond that. I'm sure
there are others; I vaguely recall I may have seen one where it was Tab.
As I believe has been pointed out, however, this is by now rather offtopic...
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