On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:57:28 -0700 Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > router/gateway computer. Thank you all for much useful advice. I ended up with an ACEMAGIC T8 Plus. https://www.acemagic.com/collections/minipcs/products/t8plus Debian 12 installed nicely, with one glitch. I had shrunk the Windows partition in order to install Debian, but left it otherwise intact. However the thing insisted on booting to Windows. To fix it, do the following: To make the grub bootloader active after installing Linux and GRUB, in the firmware: During boot, hit escape or delete to get into the firmware. Security -> Secure Boot -> Enabled Boot -> UEFI BBS Priorities -> Debian boot option Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit I now get GRUB, which will boot either Debian or Windows. Note: Memtest86 does not appear to work. I believe that is a known problem with UEFI machines. I am now busy moving network service over to the new machine. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
