On 15/02/13 17:43, Alan Pope wrote:
On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the
traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows
8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2
seconds) window of opportunity to press the key combination."
That's daft. You hold the key down then press the power button. No magic.
Cheers,
this is specifically why grub uses shift as the interupt key, it is one
of the few keys that the BIOS or equivalent won't complain about if it
is pressed down on bootup. You can press and hold shift and restart and
get to the grub menu.
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