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Autore: Fred
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To: john faulk
CC: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] legacy boot Chimaera?
On 1/3/23 19:51, john faulk wrote:
> So if you go to the boot menu on this device, not just the BIOS, with
> this device plugged in, does it not show the USB?
>

I am not sure what you mean. There is no boot menu other than bios
accessed by F10 and the third party rom accessed by F3 which is not
installed. I have the HP bios user manual which doesn't show any other
menu.
Best regards,
Fred

>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 7:37 PM Fred <fred@???
> <mailto:fred@blakemfg.com>> 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>
>      > <mailto:fred@blakemfg.com <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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