Re: Changing Boot Order

From	Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Changing Boot Order
Date	2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
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On 03/25/2016 07:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote:
>>    i just tried this to make sure it worked as described
>> and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly.
>>
>>    when your grub boot screen flashes there will be a list
>> of entries to select.  the default if you haven't changed
>> anything is 0.  i.e. the first item on that list.
>    	   OK, I must apologize.  Massive confusion here.
> 	   You are telling me which of the several kernels
> 	   I have that I can boot.  But when I wrote "Boot Order"
> 	   I was referring to being able to boot first from
> 	   the flash drive, then from the DVD drive, and
> 	   then, if there isn't a bootable flash drive inserted,
> 	   then the BIOS will check if there is a bootable DVD
> 	   inserted . . .  Only if there is no bootable USB thumb
> 	   drive inserted, or a bootable DVD, will the OS move
> 	   on to boot one of the kernels you have.
>
> 	   I have a DVD, containing the first DVD of the Debian
> 	   jessie, and a USB stick, which I believe contains the
> 	   rest of  jessie , and I wish to install jessie using
> 	   these purchases.  But I can't if I can't get anything
> 	   to boot except the old wheezy kernels that have been
> 	   on my system for ever.
>
> 	   Sorry for the confusion.
>
> Alan
>
Perhaps I am not understanding the problem, but boot order for _devices_ 
(not kernels or operating systems) is controlled by
the computer BIOS. When you turn on the computer, there is usually some 
sort of message that says what key to press to
access the BIOS setup routines. If there is not, the usual suspects are 
Del, or F2, or perhaps Esc. If you have the manual
for your machine (or the MOBO in it) it should tell you. Some computers 
are a bit fussy about exactly _when_ you press
the key, so if it doesn't seem to work, try again.

--doug

Thread

Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-24 22:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Tom <tomashleyjr@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 22:30 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-24 22:50 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-24 23:30 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 00:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-25 01:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-25 04:30 +0100
    Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-25 22:10 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-25 23:10 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Jhon Prada <jhonalber@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 23:20 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 00:30 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 00:20 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 00:00 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-03-26 08:20 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:50 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-03-26 11:10 +0100
    Re: Changing Boot Order Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2016-03-26 12:30 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 17:20 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:00 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:50 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-03-26 18:40 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order chrisb@localhost.localdomain - 2016-03-28 11:40 +0200
            Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 12:10 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order (correction) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 19:00 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 19:00 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 20:00 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-26 20:40 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 23:00 +0100
              Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 23:50 +0100
                Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-27 00:20 +0100
                Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-28 17:40 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-26 19:10 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2016-03-27 09:00 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 12:10 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 12:10 +0200

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