Re: Help needed with a stubborn Gateway box!

[Paul Goyette <paul%vps1.whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2015, Bob Nestor wrote:

> Just another thought on this problem.  There is a BIOS update that
> Gateway published last month.  Don't know what it contains, but it may
> help.  Also the manual indicates that before one can boot a recovery
> backup on a USB the F12 Boot Menu must be enabled in the BIOS. I
> wonder if this is the option that is prohibiting the booting of NetBSD
> and any system that doesn't follow some WIndows magic.

I already have the F12 option enabled.  It only provides a menu if there 
are at least two "valid" boot devices.  (It also provides a menu if 
there is a CD drive present, but no media inserted and no other "valid" 
boot device.)  With the F12 option disabled, it gives the standard BIOS 
complaint "Please select the correct device ..." even with a NetBSD 
install CD inserted in the CD drive.

I'm just going to get some parts and build a new box.  It's too much 
work to figure this beast out.  :)




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