No F Key Boot Menu

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Boot order selection and other internal bios tasks in that kind of bios
usually get done with arrow keys and enter.  At least that's the way it
was the last time I tried to help someone over the phone.  What's needed
for all of these systems are screen layouts in ascii files so people can
know once bios opens arrow down twice and hit enter to get boot order if
that actually does boot order, then the selection possibilities in boot
order menu.  I'm sure many of us can do without the pictures since
screen readers don't do pictures.

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:27:10
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
>
> Getting into the bios isn't the problem. It's selecting a device to boot from which is.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:21:14 -0400
> Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
>
> > The delete key can get you into bios on some systems too.
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:59:41
> > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
> > >
> > > Often the escape key can be used to bring up a boot menu. That being
> > > said, there's usually an option in bios to set more than 1 boot drive,
> > > such that if the 1st 1 doesn't contain bootable media, it'll move onto
> > > the 2nd 1, etc.
> > >
> > > On 8/5/19, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > My bios:
> > > > Board: EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 131-HE-E995 1.0
> > > > UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 2.08 06/28/2019
> > > > does not seem to have a function whereby you can select a device to boot
> > > > from using one of the function keys. Instead, one must physically go into
> > > > the bios and change boot order, if, for example, you wish to boot from a
> > > > flash drive to install an OS. And if that flash drive is subsequently
> > > > removed, the system will not boot, until you go into the bios and change the
> > > > boot order, again.
> > > > My question: is this normal bios behavior these days, or is something wrong
> > > > in my particular implementation. I turned off the secure boot function in
> > > > there. Would turning that on fix this? What else might I look for in the
> > > > bios to either (a) allow for falling back on different devices should one be
> > > > removed or (b) to allow the function key boot menu found in previous bios
> > > > implementations.
> > > >
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