On 1/4/23 01:19, Antonio Rendina via Dng wrote:
> You may need to disable fast boot as well and use legacy boot (if you
> didn't do it so far).
> Looks to me that it didn't recognize the USB key as a boot key, or it
> tried to boot from hard drive without checking the usb key. Try the usb
> key on another computer, just to be sure that the key is working well.
>
> Regards,
> Antonio
Fast boot was disabled by default.
I agree completely with your observation.
I am willing to try the usb stick on another computer but how do I exit
the installer if it comes up without changing anything on the computer?

I mounted a CD I used to install Beowulf on another computer and found
it had lots of files including one called boot versus the two .efi files
I found on the usb stick.

I am going to try again using the netinstall iso.
Best regards,
Fred


>
> Il 04/01/23 02:38, Fred ha scritto:
>> 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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