Oops - I screwed something up!
Sigh, I was more frustrated than I admitted to myself.
Changed UEFI Boot settings to "fast Boot" DISABLED, but before that I also
set the "USB Support" option to Full Initiation.
The reason was because of the way the features work, when you select the
DISABLE option for the Fast Boot the USB Support feature disappears!
So I rebooted...
I was already prepared to share this with you:
Thanks happy_gnu, that mirrors my plan I set for myself, except I had hoped
my Trisquel Laptop had arrived from Libiquity (Taurinus X200) by now, then I
could feel more secure that my home network was running okay, and
simultaneously become acquainted with Trisquel's Terminal.
Recall my earlier comment, Quote:
"So I went to the DOS cmd line and executed the command:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:M: -include:C: -quiet
Even that had a unexpected surprise for me.
This text from the cmd line was unexpected, quote:
Note: The list of volumes included for backup does not include all the
volumes that contain operating system components. This backup cannot be used
to perform a system recovery. However, you can recover other items if the
destination media type supports it."
-End Quote-
Anyway, I was surprised that the reboot gave me the option to install
Trisquel!!!
I had intended on going back to windows and talk with you - but, this looked
too interesting to ignore. I started the Trisquel installation and the option
to install alongside windows was available again!!!
I asked myself if I should ignore this and back out of the installation
again, but I was too happy to ignore the opportunity. I went for it and after
the long time to install Trisquel completed its script it asked me to reboot,
I said yes and that reboot sent me Quote:
"Error: no such device: b474831e-0d52"...[long char-string]
"Entering rescue mode..."
grub rescue>
-End Quote-
After about an hour of trial and error at the post interrupt I found a boot
to launch windows (it wasn't my normal drive-and I don't understand why/how
it worked).
So now I have more questions:
1. after Trisquel installation how can I safely check to see if the Trisquel
OS is functional?
2. What is GRUB command line?
3. What emergency commands can I launch at the GRUB command line?
4. What does that earlier DOS terminal backup caution mean?
I am a bit over-stressed now, and will take a break from the PC; the image as
per your request is below, Ciao for today.
