From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x75LLJGj010392 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:20 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id ED2FA10016EA; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 21:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx03.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E70C610016E8 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 21:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C430583F3B for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 21:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462W0V6zlRz1HtK for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by panix1.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20712) id 462W0V6GlMzcbR; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462W0V6B0JzcbQ for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400 To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20190805.195033.561.2@0.0.0.0> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, Sender IP whitelisted by DNSRBL, ACL 238 matched, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:21:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:21:16 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'166.84.1.89' DOMAIN:'mailbackend.panix.com' HELO:'mailbackend.panix.com' FROM:'jdashiel@panix.com' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -2.3 (RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS) 166.84.1.89 mailbackend.panix.com 166.84.1.89 mailbackend.panix.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.5.110.27 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Linux for blind general discussion X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:21:20 -0000 The delete key can get you into bios on some systems too. On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:59:41 > From: Linux for blind general discussion > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu > > Often the escape key can be used to bring up a boot menu. That being > said, there's usually an option in bios to set more than 1 boot drive, > such that if the 1st 1 doesn't contain bootable media, it'll move onto > the 2nd 1, etc. > > On 8/5/19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > My bios: > > Board: EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 131-HE-E995 1.0 > > UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 2.08 06/28/2019 > > does not seem to have a function whereby you can select a device to boot > > from using one of the function keys. Instead, one must physically go into > > the bios and change boot order, if, for example, you wish to boot from a > > flash drive to install an OS. And if that flash drive is subsequently > > removed, the system will not boot, until you go into the bios and change the > > boot order, again. > > My question: is this normal bios behavior these days, or is something wrong > > in my particular implementation. I turned off the secure boot function in > > there. Would turning that on fix this? What else might I look for in the > > bios to either (a) allow for falling back on different devices should one be > > removed or (b) to allow the function key boot menu found in previous bios > > implementations. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > --