On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 03:53:21PM +0000, 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 (setup) the light flashes on the usb and the > system is otherwise frozen. > 3. Neither the setup nor boot menu come up > > However, when I use a bootable gparted USB it comes up fine. When I go to > the boot menu and select the usb, it boots.
I'm not sure but I think you may be having trouble with the combination of UEFI, secure boot, and GPT partitioning (vs. MBR). I have a vague notion that some combinations of those things don't play well together, but I can't recall the specifics. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
