Ubuntu :: No Usb Boot Option In Bios?
Nov 16, 2010i have ubuntu 10.04 server on a usb (it is an .img file) , and i.m trying to install it on an ancient machine (64mb of ram to be exact), and it has no usb option in the bios menu.
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Ubuntu Installation :: BIOS Does Not Have USB Boot Option
Jun 9, 2010I was wondering to restore on old laptop to working order. This laptop is an old early 2000's Sony Viao, which I found in the trash. Still powers on, and can boot the latest Ubuntu LiveCD. The issue is that it did not have a harddrive in it, and I really do not want to shell out money for a drive for a laptop this old, but would still like to bring it back into service as a thin client or general purpose web/email terminal. The BIOS does NOT have a USB boot option, and every tutorial I have seen requires that in order to boot Ubuntu from a USB stick (which is what I do have). What I am wondering is, is there any way to just keep the LiveCD in the drive and use that to boot the kernel, etc, and then have it look for the rest of the filesystem on the USB stick?
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Mar 31, 2010I'm completely new to Fedora, though not to Linux (I'm switching from Ubuntu 9.10, now) and am having a few problems getting it installed. I followed the installation instructions, torrented the i386 DVD image, and put it on a 4gb USB drive using UNetbootin.
This is where my problems started. I restarted the computer, figured out which F key I needed to press to select the boot source, and then there wasn't a USB boot option. I've looked all over the place (using Google) and can't find out how to get the BIOS to have a USB option there-- I'm using a Toshiba Satellite A10, and that doesn't come with the USB boot option.
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Debian :: No Option In BIOS To Disable Hotplugging For Array
Feb 20, 2016 I was using Arch Linux and encountered an issue with dmraid because it thought my array was removable, which it wasn't. Without any answers or being able to revert to an older kernel, I gave up and switched to Debian, which read my array fine. However, today I updated Debian (sid) and got the 4.4.0 kernel, and the same problem came up... Right now, I'm still running 4.3.
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May 9, 2010I want to run my Debian install in AHCI mode on my computer. It runs perfectly fine, all drivers etc work perfectly also. The computer itself is in RAID mode but with all 4 RAID channels disabled (I refuse to use any RAID arrays because I simply don't like them). However, my computer (Acer Aspire m3640/m5640, motherboard MCP73PV/630i) has greyed out the option for me to change the option from RAID mode to either IDE or AHCI. Since I do not use RAID at all, I want to change to AHCI but it is greyed out in the BIOS. This option wasn't greyed out before as far as I remember.
I also have Vista x64 installed on a SATA drive along with Debian all partitioned. I also have an empty IDE drive attached which will be used for another operating system AFTER I have changed to AHCI mode. The SATA drive has the boot flag. I use GRUB to boot the operating system. My BIOS version from American Megatrends is R01-A3 (not the latest one, but the one I need to use). My question is this, how could one possibly go about as to changing it to AHCI mode from RAID with the BIOS greying the option out. how to make the BIOS ungrey the option (if there is another option preventing it from being changed or if the harddrives need configuring etc). I am not particularly concerned if the drives need to be wiped.
Ubuntu Installation :: "Delay Prior To Thermal" - No Option To Disable This BIOS Setting ?
Oct 14, 2010H/W : Intel 1.6GHz, BioStar U8548
S/W : Ubuntu 8.04 + RTAI + EMC2 (CNC controller)
In configuring CNC controller system, latency-test must be run to find maximum jitter of the system. It counts about 17,000 ns for few minutes, then it suddenly rise to 260,000 ns. It is impossible to control CNC with such large jitter.
In tracing this problem, I found that Award BIOS setting "Delay Prior to Thermal" is firmly engaged in making a problem. When I set this setting to 4 minutes, it makes large jitter periodically with exact 4min 15sec period. When I changed this setting to 8 minutes, its jitter is 8min 15sec period.
But, there is no option to disable this BIOS setting.
I heard that ACPI enabled OS can take over the ACPI function of the BIOS (which may include this "thermal" setting), but RTAI tuned kernel don't include ACPI modules.
Is there any solution to this problem ? If I recompile kernel with RTAI with ACPI processor module enabled, would it be a another problem maker ?
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Jan 26, 2011I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 Minimal on a 2GB USB using CLI and it is working very well after adding a few applications. But this USB will be used only on machines other than my own - likely with Windows as the only OS. And it is not comfortable for me to go into the BIOS of a strange machine to change the order of booting and afterwards go back to reset the order , especially with the owner looking on, obviously worried, and wandering whether his machine will still be working!
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Oct 16, 2010I understand this is not directly an ubuntu issue, but this arose as I was trying to install ubuntu, so I'm hoping some kind souls on here would be good enough to help anyway.
I've in the past installed ubuntu on to my PC using a CD, but this time I thought I'd try creating a USB startup disk.
I was required to set up the BIOS to change the boot order so I can boot from the USB flash drive.
The problems arose when I pushed the 'DEL' key (the correct key for my motherboard) to access the BIOS setup. When doing this the computer completely froze and would not progress any further to boot. It would still boot normally from the HDD provided I didn't try to enter the BIOS.
Looking on the internet for a solution I tried using the motherboard jumper to reset the CMOS. Now I can't boot up the computer at all. I get a message saying 'CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded' then it asks me to press F1 to continue. I try this, but nothing happens. Clearing the CMOS has made things worse as now I can't get the computer to boot at all.
Have I killed my motherboard somehow? I've tried using a different keyboard (one USB and the other a USB keyboard but with an adaptor to connect it to the P/S2 port).
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