No F Key Boot Menu

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I ended up memorizing the key presses to set boot order in the bios in the absence of a boot menu. Sigh. So many left arrows, so many down arros, etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
To: blinux-list at redhat.com
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 12:08:49 +0100
Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu

> So I'll leap in here. I've been trying to get my Dell Inspiron to boot 
from a Linux stick. No boot menu anywhere, all the articles say oh, you 
have to do this and this and that, but......will this actually work?

On 06/08/2019 02:28, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I think I found the answer:
> • Fast Boot
> On/Off
> Enabling fast boot will make the initial post/boot slightly faster by bypassing the boot
> device check and using last boot HDD.
> Default: On
> So now I just need some eyeballs to help me get in there and turn that off.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 20:28:41 -0500
> Subject: Re: No F Key Boot Menu
>
>> Yes, on my HP Envy, if I hit the F2 key at startup, I can select from a
>> list of boot devices. I do this when I'm installing a new OS from my USB
>> stick.
>>
>>
>> On 8/5/19 4:27 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> 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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