On 31 jan, 23:25, Arno Wagner <m... (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote:

Delete, Esc, F11 and combinations with Ctrl and Alt

Previously ml2mst <ml2mst (AT) linuxmail (DOT) org> wrote:
Hmm. Maybe this thing has the setup disabled somehow?

Arno

"ml2mst" <ml2mst (AT) linuxmail (DOT) org> wrote


On the earliest IBM PCs, it was the DELete key
that you had to press (during reboot, not afterwards.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your advice, and I was finally able to solve the problem by
trial and error.

I installed a corrupt DIMM and this dropped me (finally, at last) into
the BIOS setup, so I was able to change the boot sequence.

Now I am able to enter the BIOS setup, simply by pressing the F1 key
(as the boot message actually prints). I still don't have a clue, why
this did not worked in first place, but who cares, since the problem
is solved. Yeeeha

I am actually writing this message on the IBM PC 300 PL right now!

I really had a lot of fun figuring out how PXE works, but with
OpenSUSE as a "server", this is pretty simple

Simonix (named after my niece who was the previous owner of this slick
box) is currently running Micro$haft's Windoze ME. But I added enough
resources, to run a slick Linux distro.

So if someone is having a problem entering the BIOS setup, the
solution is simply, to change or add hardware, this will force the
BIOS setup to fire up.

Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun and I am proud. finally having a
*real* IBM box.

Right on Soul brothers and Soul sisters: IBM, Love, Peace and Linux...
Yeah!

With kind regards,

Marti van Lin
Maastricht (NL)
http://ml2mst.topcities.com

Marti van Lin "ml2mst" <ml2mst (AT) linuxmail (DOT) org> wrote


The common method is to replace the CMOS battery
thus wiping earlier BIOS settings.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)