Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:57:28 -0700
Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386
> Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a
> router/gateway computer.
Thank you all for much useful advice. I ended up with an ACEMAGIC T8
Plus. https://www.acemagic.com/collections/minipcs/products/t8plus
Debian 12 installed nicely, with one glitch. I had shrunk the Windows
partition in order to install Debian, but left it otherwise intact.
However the thing insisted on booting to Windows.
To fix it, do the following:
To make the grub bootloader active after installing Linux and GRUB, in
the firmware:
During boot, hit escape or delete to get into the firmware.
Security -> Secure Boot -> Enabled
Boot -> UEFI BBS Priorities -> Debian boot option
Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit
I now get GRUB, which will boot either Debian or Windows.
Note: Memtest86 does not appear to work. I believe that is a known
problem with UEFI machines.
I am now busy moving network service over to the new machine.
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