Please note that the iso is a "hybrid iso" with a couple of different
boot methods supported. In particular it typically presents a CD boot
option for BIOS boot systems also when written to USB. So it may be
that one you should try.
I might be able to go through the hybrid boot setup, which involves
playing funny-buggers with the partitioning table(s). But it's not a
very fun story and I'm likely to explain it wrong anyhow :)
Ralph.
On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 06:38:11PM -0700, Fred wrote:
> On 1/3/23 18:22, john faulk wrote:
> > Have you tried going into the bios at all?
>
> Yes, I have been all through the bios. I checked the boot order which is:
> CD (which the pc doesn't have)
> USB
> Network (which I removed)
>
> There is another page that also lists the internal hard drive.
>
> The boot options are: Legacy and Secure Boot which appears to be a Windows
> thing. There is a tab for UEFI drivers. If that is selected it changes to
> a page that says I will be directed to a page for a third party rom also
> accessible with F3. If that is selected it changes to a page with only the
> option: EXIT which reboots the pc. I assume the rom is not installed.
>
> Best regards,
> Fred
>
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 7:18 PM Fred <fred@???
> > <mailto:fred@blakemfg.com>> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/3/23 15:54, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 03 January 2023 at 22:28:41, Fred wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I bought a "refurbished" HP EliteDesk 800 G2 mini-pc with the
> > intention
> > >> of running Chimaera on it. However, it will only legacy boot
> > and the
> > >> .iso install files for Chimaera on the USB stick are .efi. Is
> > all hope
> > >> lost or is there a work around?
> > >
> > > Sorry, but I don't understand the problem.
> > >
> > > I have at least four machines here which have no concept of UEFI
> > - they boot
> > > using BIOS only, and yet they (start and) run Chimaera quite happily.
> > >
> > > So, when you attempt to install Chimaera on this EliteDesk
> > machine, what
> > > exactly is the problem you run into?
> > >
> > >
> > > Antony.
> > >
> > The pc sees the usb stick as it turns on the led and at times makes it
> > flash. However, what it does is snoop around the local network
> > until it
> > finds the gateway then it downloads Windows 10 and starts setup for
> > that. If I don't have the Ethernet cable attached it eventually brings
> > up a screen with several remote servers and allows one to be selected
> > but it won't continue without the network.
> >
> > I used dd to write this file:
> >
> > devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_server.iso
> >
> > to the usb stick. I can mount it and see the files:
> >
> > There is: /efi/boot/bootia32.efi
> > and: /efi/boot/bootx64.efi
> >
> > What can I check now?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Fred
> >
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