Re: BIOS unreadable at boot
* Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> [24-09/15=Sun 18:15 -0600]:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:12:45 -0700
> Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install Debian on a new prebuilt, but when I
> > boot and press <F2>, the screen is garbled.
>
> Slow down. When you boot what? A Debian installation (which,
> presumably, appeared to be successful), or a Debian installer? If the
> latter, which one, the netinst installer or a live CD (which has its
> own less flexible installer)? Or a USB stick made from one of those?
This is a prebuilt that came with Windows installed. Booting
normally boots into Windows, even though I've plugged in a USB
stick that has netinst on it. The USB stick is being ignored,
presumably because the specified boot order starts with the SSD.
So I want to change the boot order so it boots the USB
stick first, but I can't, because I can't read the
setup screen that I access by pressing F2 during boot.
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