Wes, I tried to boot with all disks disconnected right before I reset bios and tried to boot, instal and boot installed opensuse 42.3 - which just worked. No funny error messages at boot screen.
Then we were out of time, packed it and left. Tomas On Tue, 2018-02-20 at 23:12 -0800, wes wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
