On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:36 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> For the version you installed there are other options, including a
> recovery mode. I tried it but it hung on:
> 32.9125001 ata10.00: status: { DRDY }
> 32.9125091 ata10: hard resetting link
>
"ata" implies storage device, aka hard drive. try booting a USB or DVD with
all storage devices disconnected. I'm more than a little suspicious of that
USB3 attachment doohickey that connects to your SATA ports...... I was
already giving it the side-eye when the team was looking for how to hook it
up.
> It is not given that disabling UEFI makes magically things work.
> > These days UEFI is more reliable than disabling it because
> > MS Win needs it, and needs it in locked down state.
> > - UEFI typically depends on number of bios settings - and often
> > the PC does not boot until the only combination is right.
> > - You can always use the "Reset CMOS" jumper to set BIOS to
> > defaults, if there is no Bios way resetting it to defaults.
>
> This computer will never boot any version of Windows, so that is
> irrelevant.
>
Never running Windows does not necessarily make UEFI irrelevant. In the
future UEFI will be the only option; in some cases, the future is now. I
don't know if that includes your particular case or not, but don't write it
off yet.
-wes
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