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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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SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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