On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:31 AM Tim Evans <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote:
> Woke up yesterday to terminal messages about /var/log being read-only; > all graphical apps (Thunderbird, Chrome) had crashed. So, I decided to > reboot. > > Background first: this is a new (3-months-old) PC. It came with two > disks, an NVME with Windows 11 pre-installed and an empty second HDD. I > DID NOT boot the system in Windows when it arrived. Instead, I popped > in a Fedora 39 Live thumbdrive, hit the BIOS hot key, and booted from > the thumbdrive, then installed F39. > > Again, the system has never, ever, booted into Windows. Which means I > have no Bitlocker recovery key, nor any means to access it. Contacting > Microsoft won't do any good, since the system was never registered. (I > will have to try Dell.) > > F39 install was successful, and I've been using the system ever since. > Normal grub bootup, offering Fedora kernels, rescue boot, and Windows. > > So, getting back to yesterday, I went to reboot the system, and it came > up with the blue MS Bitlocker screen, asking for the Bitlocker Recovery > key. Have never seen this before. > > Then, I noted the "skip this drive" button on the Bitlocker screen, > which brought up a second screen, with an alternative devices button. > Clicking this reveals a "Fedora" button. Clicking it brings up the > normal grub boot screen and away we go into Fedora. > > Repeating the reboot gets the same results. I have to click through the > Bitlocker screens to get to a Fedora boot. > > Not a big, big deal, but this prevents any sort of unattended reboot > from being possible. > > Suggestions for restoring the normal boot process, please? Thanks. > I have a Dell desktop with Windows 11 and Linux. There have been problems after Dell firmware updates were installed. Several updates messed with the of boot options. On my system <F2> while booting with the Dell logo displayed gets to the "BIOS" settings. There should be a Boot tab where you can view and change the order of available boot options. -- George N. White III
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