Questions tagged [bios]
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) on an x86 PC is the firmware that performs the power-on self-test (POST) and initializes hardware.
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Linux Mint Keyboard does not work at GRUB
I have installed Mint linuxmint-22.1-xfce-64bit onto Toshiba Portege Z10t Detachable Ultrabook. After making one change (detailed below) the keyboard does not work when it gets to GRUB. I have tried 3 ...
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Enabling an on board device from within a Linux system
I'm currently using an Acer Predator G3-605 desktop of which I need to access the integrated graphics because my GPU doesn't have a VGA or HDMI connector and I just so happen to find myself with only ...
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Stuck on boot loading screen when booting from external SSD
I have a Dell laptop and I'm trying to run Fedora KDE Desktop 42 from an external SSD. I've freshly installed Fedora in the external SSD using another USB flash drive containing the live image. When I ...
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Can't access bios after installing Arch Linux with dual boot
I successfully installed arch, but my bios menu broke. Before the installation when I would press F2 or F12 on boot I would get the boot menu, now I just get a black screen. The default boot is ...
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How host allocate address for a 32-bit BAR in the PCIe device? [closed]
I wonder how a 64-bit host BIOS can allocate a physical address for a 32-bit BAR in the PCIe devices? There is only 4GB of space for 32-bit address. And the host needs to write the base address during ...
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Hot weather help! [closed]
I live in my car and it gets HOT in the summer. I've noticed when the temperature rises above normal room temperatures (like ~72f) my laptop proportionally starts to slow down to the point its ...
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how and when does Linux read or change hardware (BIOS) clock
Scenario: a Dell R740 server for example whose BIOS clock is first set, and it is set to UTC time but incorrectly and it is off 30 minutes. Then, a clean installation of Linux is performed (Redhat-8....
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Troubleshooting RAID1 unbootable disks after CMOS reset
I've been running a RAID1 setup using two Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMEs on an Asus Z390 Maximus XI Formula motherboard for the last two years. This is my home server running Ubuntu 22.04 and I chose ...
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Linux doesn't boot without video
I've a minipc Qotom Q1900G2-P with AlmaLinux 9.5. Qotom with American Megatrends bios, build 06.01.2015. Bios reset to factory, default setup. Without video cable, HDMI or VGA, it doesn't start...from ...
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Booting into popos results in the laptop rebooting into BIOS
After i have formatted and de-allocated a space for my pop os installation, i used rufus to flash the pop os's iso images into my drive and installed pop os on my laptop(asus with nvidia gpu). i then ...
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NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 recognised in BIOS but fail to find from OS
I have a Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1 with a 256Gb NVMe installed with dual boot Win10 and Deb12. All working fine. Just running out of space so planned to clone to bigger drive. From Dell site and ...
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Changing the screen resolution of GRUB on a VMware virtual machine
I installed Arch Linux on a VMware virtual machine. To launch I use GRUB bootloader. I need to set the resolution for GRUB 16:9: 1366x768 or higher. Using vbeinfo (in GRUB) I can see the list of ...
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cant install grub to usb - grub-install warning: File system `ext2` doesnt support embedding
I am trying to install GRUB on a USB purely so I can play around with a dummy boot menu on my laptop. ie this GRUB install should not refer to any working kernel/initrd files, or my current OS im ...
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EFI and BIOS order reversed
This is my ks file: firewall --disabled cdrom lang ${$.system.locale$} keyboard ${$.system.keymap$} timezone ${$.system.timezone$} network --bootproto=dhcp --hostname=${$.system.hostname$} rootpw ${$....
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qcow2 with only grub2 BIOS installed not loading in public cloud, works in qemu though
I am trying to create a simple 200 M new qcow2 with just the grub2 BIOS mode installed in it. My objective is to get to the grub prompt or grub rescue prompt when i load the said qcow2 image in public ...
