Re: [LUG] Getting to UEFI

[Tom via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/04/17 18:06, Neil via list wrote:
> On 01/04/17 17:56, Neil via list wrote:
> > On 01/04/17 17:38, mr meowski wrote:
> > > On 01/04/17 17:16, Neil via list wrote:
> > >
> > > > not very helpful ..  ls: cannot access '/sys/firmware/efi': No such 
> > > > file
> > > > or directory
> > > >
> > > > And the next one, very terse
> > > >
> > > > Z170 Extreme4
> > >
> > > Ah ha, no, that's much better. You have one of these:
> > >
> > > http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/z170%20extreme4/
> > >
> > > You're also definitely booting in BIOS mode after all, not UEFI
> > > (otherwise you'd have the /sys/firmware/efi directory present on your
> > > system). The 'hit' earlier from dmesg was just your machine probing the
> > > ACPI tables for UEFI entry points, and we can now ignore that.
> > >
> > > So far so good!
> > >
> > > First make sure your keyboard is getting picked up at all during system
> > > initialization: reboot, wait for the black screens before the OS
> > > properly starts up and bang ctrl+alt+del a few times. Hopefully the
> > > system will immediately reboot again. This tells us that your keyboard
> > > is at least working during the BIOS stage.
> >
> > I did try this. The first time it seemed to ignore the keyboard and went
> > on to boot normally. The second time I got a screen with a few choices
> > on such as boot into ubuntu and memory test.
> > So, perhaps it is not seeing the keyboard soon enough.
> > > Next, it's time to work through the usual BIOS hotkeys one after the
> > > other (man, if I had $money for every time I've done this...) to see
> > > which ones work.
> >
> > I mentioned F2 and F11 because, often when booting a message appears on
> > the screen telling me just that.
> >
> > Now I will test the F2 key.
> >
> > Neil
> OK. The first time nothing happened, the screen remained black. The 
> second time it just went through to the normal log in screen. So it 
> seems that my keyboard is being ignored to start with. (And it is not 
> a cheap one either.) By the time it is seen it is too late and log on 
> has started. I can't see a way round that, I can't change anything in 
> the BIOS if I can't access it.
>
> Meanwhile I have sent a query to the people who made it up for me 
> although they will not be available until Monday. They obviously were 
> able to install Xubuntu without a problem.
>
> Neil
I'm guessing its a USB keyboard? You may need a 'normal' keyboard as 
with some systems a USB keyboard is ignored by the bios. Or you could 
use and USB to normal keyboard connector adaptor
Tom te tom te tom

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