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. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
>
> Details: my motherboard is a "Military Class Motherboard", which
> I believe is also called MSI. When the image flashed on the screen,
> only for a few seconds, I see at the bottom instructions to press
> either the F11 key, or the Delete key. But when I press either of
> these, nothing happens. So my question is: can I change the boot
> order from withing wheezy, after I have booted and wheezy is already
> in use?
On a Dell, by the time you see the message, it's a bit late for
pressing F12 (as it happens) to get a one-time boot menu. You really
need to start tapping the key repeatedly as soon as the screen
displays anything. Ditto for F2 (your DEL) to get to the BIOS.
Cheers,
David.
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