Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query
On 25 Oct 2009, at 00:30, Philip Webb wrote: ... There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). However, this doesn't work when I first switch the machine on : M$ XP starts regardless I have to reboot from there to get BIOS, the boot menu the USB (I've disabled 'quiet boot' in BIOS, but POST msgs still don't appear). Is this because it takes a few seconds before the USB stick warms up gets recognised (its light blinks) ? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are you able to / tried changing the boot order? You should be able to put the USB memory card before the internal storage, and you might give the USB bus more time to warm up if you put other items (USB optical drive? network boot?) as the first items. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 20:30, Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: I've got my new toy to boot from USB with SystemRescue 1.3.1 , which comes up beautifully with Gentoo using 'Altker32' (the 'default' kernel boots into some kind of emergency mode); despite what the intro help says, the desktop manager is Xfce, which is started via 'wizard' offers basic useful apps, eg Terminal Emelfm Firefox Geany Gparted . There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). However, this doesn't work when I first switch the machine on : M$ XP starts regardless I have to reboot from there to get BIOS, the boot menu the USB (I've disabled 'quiet boot' in BIOS, but POST msgs still don't appear). Is this because it takes a few seconds before the USB stick warms up gets recognised (its light blinks) ? This is important: if that's correct, I can wipe out XP the machine will still recognise the USB stick boot, but if the problem is something else (I don't know what it might be), I fear risking an unbootable box without even the M$ option remaining. Can anyone reassure me ? I have a couple of EEEs and my brother have the same model you have. All three work the same way, you hold ESC while booting (you can just keep it pressed after you power it on) and a boot menu comes. This usually list every device (including USB devices connected). Sometimes you have to try a different USB port or even just plug out and in again and try again, but still, no need to go into windows. -- Daniel da Veiga
Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query
091025 Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 25 October 2009 00:30:48 Philip Webb wrote: There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). However, this doesn't work when I first switch the machine on : M$ XP starts regardless I have to reboot from there to get BIOS, the boot menu the USB (I've disabled 'quiet boot' in BIOS, but POST msgs still don't appear). Is this because it takes a few seconds before the USB stick warms up gets recognised (its light blinks) ? There's an accelerated-boot option in the BIOS. You have to switch that off to be able to boot a USB stick Took me days to find that one :-( Thanks ! -- it would have taken me days too, if you hadn't told me ! Having disabled 'boot booster' in BIOS, it works straight after power-on : F2 gets the BIOS menus or Esc gets the boot menu with choice of OS. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query
On Sunday 25 October 2009 13:22:21 Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a couple of EEEs and my brother have the same model you have. All three work the same way, you hold ESC while booting (you can just keep it pressed after you power it on) and a boot menu comes. That's interesting. I didn't try that because, traditionally, holding a key down results in a stuck-key error message, so it didn't even occur to me. You learn something new every day - if you're not careful! -- Rgds Peter
[gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query
I've got my new toy to boot from USB with SystemRescue 1.3.1 , which comes up beautifully with Gentoo using 'Altker32' (the 'default' kernel boots into some kind of emergency mode); despite what the intro help says, the desktop manager is Xfce, which is started via 'wizard' offers basic useful apps, eg Terminal Emelfm Firefox Geany Gparted . There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). However, this doesn't work when I first switch the machine on : M$ XP starts regardless I have to reboot from there to get BIOS, the boot menu the USB (I've disabled 'quiet boot' in BIOS, but POST msgs still don't appear). Is this because it takes a few seconds before the USB stick warms up gets recognised (its light blinks) ? This is important: if that's correct, I can wipe out XP the machine will still recognise the USB stick boot, but if the problem is something else (I don't know what it might be), I fear risking an unbootable box without even the M$ option remaining. Can anyone reassure me ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
