Basic Input/Output System
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How to install GNU/Linux on a Windows PC without the BIOS password?
I want to install a GNU/Linux based operating system on a computer with Windows preinstalled, but unfortunately, the BIOS is set to only boot from the harddisk, and there is no way to boot from ...
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2answers
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How to enable Virtualization AMD-V Aspire one AO725 from BIOS or otherwise
I'm try to use the virtualbox to virtualizate the system of 64bits but the error that get is:
La aceleración VT-x/AMD-V ha sido habilitada, pero no es funcional. Su sistema invitado de 64-bit ...
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2answers
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Why is USB not working in Linux when it works in UEFI/BIOS?
For background I have just built a new machine with modern hardware including:
AMD FX-8350
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard
16GB RAM
NVidia GTX 650 Ti
Kingston SSD
Given that, I tried to install ...
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2answers
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How to turn off DELL BIOS beeping through Ubuntu?
I removed my LCD with Inverter, because it was broken. I'm using a Inspiron 4050 with a HDMI or VGA connected at TV, but the BIOS beeps(8times) continuos for ever and ever.
There is a way to control ...
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0answers
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How to correctly configure Debian watchdog daemon for BIOS Watch Dog?
Supermicro main boards contain a BIOS feature named "Watch Dog Function". Having Debian 6.0.6 with kernel "Linux debian 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP" we did:
Change BIOS "Watch Dog Function" from Disabled ...
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1answer
697 views
booting qemu/kvm directly from a file system
Having used Xen and its pygrub for a while, I'm now trying to do something similar with KVM/qemu.
Basically, I have a LVM logical volume (though that could as well be a file) that contains the root ...
3
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1answer
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How can I tell if I have a bug with my kernel or with my UEFI firmware?
I have a dz77ga-70k motherboard with version 0049 of the Intel firmware on it. Linux and elilo will not boot in uefi mode. The symptoms are that when I run bzImage.efi initrd=initrd.img ro debug ...
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1answer
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How do I install openSUSE 12.1 from an external hard disk?
For some reason, my laptop (HP ProBook 5320m) refuses to boot when I install the ISO images for openSUSE 12.1 on an USB stick (the stick starts to blink and then the internal fan goes into overdrive ...
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1answer
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Installing openSUSE 12.1 on Asus Zenbook UX32VD
So my boss who hates the idea of windows and virtualization had brought me his fancy new Zenbook UX32VD wanting openSUSE 12.1 to be installed on it. SO far I have hit issue after issue and cant seem ...
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2answers
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Is there a command or method (other than RTFM) to determine if a system has a UEFI BIOS?
My inspiration for asking this is this other question on Ask Ubuntu.
One reason I am asking is that I am just curious. I would like to know more about this for whatever value it might have in the ...
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1answer
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Force grub to accept windows installation
I installed in my laptop some time ago a oracle linux server to make some test for my job., ok now i want to remove it and install windows from CD., but when i restart the pc he try to run the CD from ...
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Fedora 16 install from USB memory stick to Samsung NP305U1A netbook will not boot
I have installed Fedora 16 from a USB memory stick. After installing, which seems to work just fine, and after rebooting I end up in the BIOS. I can not find which BIOS settings to use and have not ...
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1answer
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How to check if VT-X is enabled in BIOS?
How to check if VT-X is enabled in BIOS?
I have vmx in CPU flags, and no access to the BIOS.
(I need to install a KVM VM on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.1).
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1answer
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Restart does not shutdown first on Debian Squeeze
I installed Debian Squeeze from the live DVD. Going to System->Shutdown->Restart does not shutdown the computer in the usual way where the BIOS screen is seen before login. Instead it simply restarts ...
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3answers
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How to make grub work again after drive reassignment?
My config: opensuse 11.4, boot partition at pendrive and hard drives with partitions sda1, sda2, sdb1.
Today I changed chassis for my computer, and by mistake I attached second drive to SATA 3 ...
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1answer
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Coreboot + QEMU Tutorial Request (Google has failed)
Can anyone point me in the direction of an end-to-end idiot-proof coreboot+qemu tutorial?
I'm having trouble understanding how qemu is set up to emulate different hardware (also having trouble ...
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2answers
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Why can GRUB2 only remember 4 bits?
For fun and laziness, I've got 20 entries in my GRUB2 menu. To get to the bottom one quickly, I tap down-arrow a couple of times during the GRUB loading screen. I can press the key 15 times (+/- 1, ...
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2answers
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Boot Linux from UEFI BIOS
I'm porting UEFI BIOS. I'd like to download an Linux image (bzImage) to system memory by TFTP in my UEFI shell, and then boot the OS directly. I know we generally need another bootloader to do that. ...
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How to flash firmware under Linux in practice?
Well, I am feeling too old for jumping through several burning hoops to upgrade several firmwares via the usual vendor-specific way: Download some DOS tools, waste some time creating a (Free-)DOS boot ...
