* Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> [24-09/15=Sun 18:15 -0600]: > On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:12:45 -0700 > Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > > I am trying to install Debian on a new prebuilt, but when I > > boot and press <F2>, the screen is garbled. > > Slow down. When you boot what? A Debian installation (which, > presumably, appeared to be successful), or a Debian installer? If the > latter, which one, the netinst installer or a live CD (which has its > own less flexible installer)? Or a USB stick made from one of those?
This is a prebuilt that came with Windows installed. Booting normally boots into Windows, even though I've plugged in a USB stick that has netinst on it. The USB stick is being ignored, presumably because the specified boot order starts with the SSD. So I want to change the boot order so it boots the USB stick first, but I can't, because I can't read the setup screen that I access by pressing F2 during boot.
