Since it is not my system, but I don't think that the system is UEFI. I
probably won't be going to that person's home in the near future since his
system is up and running.
I have an older atom-bssed netbook without UEFI, I'll try to reproduce.
What is really strange is that it does not recognize
Jerry Feldman writes:
> I have a guy with an older system
> Core2 duo CPU
> 4GB ddr2 scramble
>
> Dell motherboard
> The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
Known good bootable on BIOS only systems too, or would you have always
UEFI booted this stick before?
> Ubuntu, Fe
On 5/1/2018 11:53 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I have a guy with an older system
> Core2 duo CPU
> 4GB ddr2 scramble
>
> Dell motherboard
> The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
> Ubuntu, Fedora the system fails to post.
> 1. Dell logo comes up
> 2. Press F12 (boot) or F2 (
That system predates secure boot. I did look through the bios before doing
anything. These days that is one of the first things I looked for. The
issue presents itself immediately before post.
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Jerry Feldman
Boston Linux and Unix
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On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 03:53:21PM +, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I have a guy with an older system
> Core2 duo CPU
> 4GB ddr2 scramble
>
> Dell motherboard
> The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
> Ubuntu, Fedora the system fails to post.
> 1. Dell logo comes up
> 2. Pres
Jerry,
Open the box and remove the BIOS battery for a couple of minutes, and
then replace it. If the behavior continues, you have a proprietary BIOS
that I can't help with. If it comes back to "new computer" defaults, the
problem is fixed: the machine had a CMOS-infector virus.
HTH.
Bill
The other problem is that he forgot his passwords and also the gui failed
so he was only connabd line
With gparted I was able to reset his passwords, and manually do an upgrade
to UBUNTU 16.04LTS.
So he is now up and running, but I'm still at a loss why the system fails
to pay into the setup or boo
I have a guy with an older system
Core2 duo CPU
4GB ddr2 scramble
Dell motherboard
The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
Ubuntu, Fedora the system fails to post.
1. Dell logo comes up
2. Press F12 (boot) or F2 (setup) the light flashes on the usb and the
system is otherwi
