Sorry I've been a bit quiet, I had a busy few weeks but I do intend to address my ideas for NVR server with proxmox etc. Regarding the USB stick thing, if you want to try different OS's or just have a tool in your bag that can run multiple OS's / AV / Memtest / imaging tools then it's worth looking into YUMI or Ventoy.
On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 13:00, <peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to > peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > peterboro-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Booting from ISO Images (clive) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:56:17 +0100 > From: clive <scw...@gmail.com> > To: peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: [Peterboro] Booting from ISO Images > Message-ID: <c7e0a3bae499018e0e7e250e04b5bd92de241e7b.ca...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" > > Just to re-inforce Bart's point. You need to get the BIOS settings > right and it is often quite difficult. > > Often you will see two bootable images in the BIOS, one UEFI and one > not. Annoyingly I find it is usually the second option that works. The > BIOS will also often have compatibility boot settings which support > non-UEFI booting which you might need to bring into play. > > One gotcha that I have seen is at least one motherboard that would boot > off a USB2 port but not a USB3 port. > > I usually switch off secure boot but that is not always an option in > which case I believe only some distributions will work at all. > > Virtually all BIOS's are different in some way and they are usually not > designed to support Linux. Sometimes you need to set the primary boot > disk in the BIOS and other times, if that does not work, you need to > force the BIOS to boot from a particular source and if there are 2 > listed you need to try them both. > > SO don't give up, sometimes you really have to try all the various BIOS > settings, particularly the boot settings, to get a combination that > works. > > It is also always worth checking out the other BIOS settings too just > to make sure your machine behaves as you want it too. > > However settings for timing and voltage I set to auto. I leave those > changes to the gamers/overclockers. > > I hope this helps. > > Clive > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 568, Issue 4 > ***************************************** >
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