On 1/11/23 00:41, Rod Rodolico via Dng wrote:
> How about this, from https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03840403
>
> == To get more information while booting
> Press F10 during boot to access BIOS (as I think you've been doing)
> Disable Quick Boot (Always Full Boot)
> Enable Post Messages
>
> Reboot
> Press Esc (I generally press it once a second until something happens)
> That should access the boot menu, with a list of bootable devices.
>
> Note the URL above states:
> "note: To drag a device to a preferred place, press Enter. To remove the
> device from consideration as a bootable device, press F5. F5 can be used
> to disable individual boot items, as well as disable EFI boot and/or
> legacy boot."
> so, theoretically, you can change to boot from legacy there, though that
> will probably revert on the next boot.
>
> If your USB does not display in legacy all the time, go back into BIOS.
> Futz around until you find the place where you can turn the boot into
> legacy (turning off EFI), then reboot and press Esc.
>
> Secure boot is a Microsoft pushed thing, but it is not only applicable
> to Windows. However, it is definitely unnecessary for Linux, I'm pretty
> sure. I have turned it off several times on workstations.
>
> Rod
>
>
The EliteDesk 800 has another boot menu accessed by F9 that allows
selecting a device to actually, like now, boot from.
The other problem is that the USB port I was using for the Devuan
installer for flakey. The vendor has agreed to exchange the mini-pc for
another one.
Best regards,
Fred
> On 1/3/23 19:38, 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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