Not able to get the bios screen

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Have installed budgie and am still getting to know it.

I now wish to boot from a usb. I cannot find a way to open the bios. I have tried several combinations of keys several times.

The best i can get is a screen that says Grub 2.12. With writing underneath saying”Minimal BASH-Like line editing is possible”. [whatever that means]

I have tried using the terminal but am refused entry.

Am finding it hard to understand all the terminology and system at present.

Thanks

I have done a ubuntu repair via command prompt.

I now get a startup screen

Ubuntu
Advanced options for Ubuntu

Memtest

On opening Advanced options i get

Ubuntu

start in safe mode

No boot order or anything else.

When the system loads i get a message

“System program problem detected”

Thanks

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Hi @Meander!

I don’t quite understand: I assume that the USB is first in the BootOrder since you were able to boot from the key to install UB? Unless it’s because Linpus Lite takes over automatically.

What is the make and model of your computer?
Are the BIOS access keys not displayed at startup?

Launch the terminal (Ctrl Alt t) and send the return from efibootmgr.

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Thanks for your reply

I have an old MAC

I do not get any access keys at startup

When i use the terminal i get “Cannot indicate to EFI to boot into setup mode: Firmware does not support boot into firmware.”

Thanks

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On my macbook 2012 I just have to hold down the command key when its starting and then a mac window appears asking what you want to boot with - select the USB drive at that point.

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In what year was your ordinator launched?
What do you do when you “use the terminal”, efibootmgr ?
Please explicitly send what this command returns.

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Thanks for your reply

This is what i get:-

me@Mac:~$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0080
Boot0000* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,f835660a-cc58-438c-ab01-364e47dbb937,0x800,0x219800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0080* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\5D89A584-CE84-3EB4-A9AC-36FB9AB82201\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
Boot0081* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\366CF3F3-BED2-41B9-9432-BC5AE752DBAC\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
Boot0082* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\366CF3F3-BED2-41B9-9432-BC5AE752DBAC\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
BootFFFF* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(3,GPT,26771025-0c57-4592-a96c-ebc117ec80ee,0x58ea9b,0x8000)/File(\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)

Does not make sense to me.

Hope you can understand it.

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Sorry, i have no idea what an “ordinator “ is.

This is from efibootmgr :-1: me@Mac:~$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0080
Boot0000* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,f835660a-cc58-438c-ab01-364e47dbb937,0x800,0x219800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0080* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\5D89A584-CE84-3EB4-A9AC-36FB9AB82201\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
Boot0081* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\366CF3F3-BED2-41B9-9432-BC5AE752DBAC\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
Boot0082* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(2,GPT,71a76937-fb25-47f3-a785-76398e7eab3d,0x12c06,0x583e95)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,ce6e64598d7c854ab55d628117d77d69)/File(\366CF3F3-BED2-41B9-9432-BC5AE752DBAC\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
BootFFFF* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x5)/Pci(0x0,0x0)//HD(3,GPT,26771025-0c57-4592-a96c-ebc117ec80ee,0x58ea9b,0x8000)/File(\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)

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Oops… I sometimes get confused between English and French: I meant to say “computer.” :sweat_smile:

There is no USB entry in the BIOS, but there are three identical entries (0080, 0081, 0082).

Two of them can be deleted:

sudo efibootmgr -b 0081 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 0082 -B

But they are not in BootOrder and that won’t solve the problem.

Remove the CMOS battery and put it back in to reset the BIOS?
Update the BIOS, perhaps?
I don’t know…

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