Re: Damned BIOS

From	Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Damned BIOS
Date	2014-09-14 08:30 +0200
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On 2014-09-10, Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:18:20 +0000 (UTC), Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>Paul Sture put finger to keyboard:
>>
>>> On 2014-09-02, Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:05:16 +1000, Sylvia Else
>>>><sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>When I say boot from device X, I mean do that. If it won't work, say
>>>>>so.
>>>>>I don't mean "Have a fair go at X, and if it won't work, then see if
>>>>>you can find some other OS lying around and boot that instead."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  Are we to assume you're having a rant at the confusing and
>>>> unpredictable ways the various MoBo manufacturers' choose to handle the
>>>> boot options in regard to usb connected devices? :-)
>>>>
>>>>  If so, welcome to the club! :-(
>>> 
>>> My HP MicroServer was driving me nuts with this at one point.  I finally
>>> worked out that every single time I plugged in a new USB disk it would
>>> assume that I wanted to boot from that rather than the internal disk
>>> which is its normal boot device.   On the next boot I would have to go
>>> into the BIOS and tell it otherwise.
>>> 
>>> I think I've managed to persuade it to stop doing that now.
>>
>>Reading your sig, I can guess how ;-)
>
>  Oh, I wouldn't read so much into his sig. I rather doubt he'd
> _actually_ take a hammer to the job (would he?).

You are right.  On the (very rare since I stopped using Windows) occasions
when I want to thump a PC or throw it out of the window I take a deep
breath instead of resorting to violence.

>  I prefer the original saying, "Every screw looks like a nail when the
> only tool you have is a hammer."

-- 
People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know
we don't                                           -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-02 15:05 +1000
  Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 08:06 +0000
    Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-02 19:38 +1000
      Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 12:06 +0000
        Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:15 +1000
      Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-02 15:39 +0100
        Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:22 +1000
          Re: Damned BIOS Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-10 10:16 +0000
            Re: Damned BIOS Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-14 15:27 +1000
              Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-14 14:25 +0100
    Re: Damned BIOS RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-02 18:19 +0000
      Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 19:52 +0100
        Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 19:41 +0000
          Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 21:12 +0100
            Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 21:00 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-02 22:08 +0100
              Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:14 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 23:10 -0600
                Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-03 05:58 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:26 +0200
      Re: Damned BIOS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:09 +0000
  Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-02 14:29 +0100
    Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:35 +0200
      Re: Damned BIOS Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-10 10:18 +0000
        Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-10 13:46 +0200
          Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-10 13:00 +0000
            Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-10 19:28 +0200
              Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-10 19:11 +0000
                Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:44 +0200
                Re: Damned BIOS Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-14 07:17 +0000
              Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:33 +0200
        Re: Damned BIOS Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-09-10 13:53 +0100
          Re: Damned BIOS Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-14 08:30 +0200

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