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On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 20:30, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I've got my new toy to boot from USB with SystemRescue 1.3.1 , |
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> which comes up beautifully with Gentoo using 'Altker32' |
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> (the 'default' kernel boots into some kind of emergency mode); |
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> despite what the intro help says, the desktop manager is Xfce, |
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> which is started via 'wizard' & offers basic useful apps, |
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> eg Terminal Emelfm Firefox Geany Gparted . |
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> There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, |
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> then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). |
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> However, this doesn't work when I first switch the machine on : |
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> M$ XP starts regardless & I have to reboot from there to get BIOS, |
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> the boot menu & the USB (I've disabled 'quiet boot' in BIOS, |
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> but POST msgs still don't appear). Is this because it takes a few seconds |
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> before the USB stick warms up & gets recognised (its light blinks) ? |
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> This is important: if that's correct, I can wipe out XP |
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> & the machine will still recognise the USB stick & boot, |
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> but if the problem is something else (I don't know what it might be), |
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> I fear risking an unbootable box without even the M$ option remaining. |
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> Can anyone reassure me ? |
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I have a couple of EEEs and my brother have the same model you have. |
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All three work the same way, you hold ESC while booting (you can just |
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keep it pressed after you power it on) and a boot menu comes. This |
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usually list every device (including USB devices connected). Sometimes |
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you have to try a different USB port or even just plug out and in |
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again and try again, but still, no need to go into windows. |
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Daniel da Veiga |