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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
CC: techlists
Subject: Re: Boot Problems (bios?)

I disconnected the spinner and the SSD shows in the bios. Once selected
the box boots automatically.

I plugged the spinner back in and it shows in the boot menu (F12) but
not in the bios (F2).

Any thoughts?

Keith



On 2022-10-28 15:34, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:



> Hi,
>
> I changed out a 240G SSD with a 500Gb SSD on a computer that had been
> running Linux years ago. It is a Dell i-5 w/16Gb of RAM.
>
> It was my daily driver until I had to move to Windows for business
> reasons. The computer is 9 years old and hardly used.
>
> I installed Kubuntu 22.04 on it. So far so good.
>
> After the install it would not boot. If I hit the F12 key repeatedly,
> while booting, I get a boot prompt that shows both my SSD and my hard
> drive which is the original spinner. If I select the SSD drive it boots
> right up.
>
> When I go into the bios it only shows the hard drive and an option for
> booting. The SSD is not in the list of options.
>
> I changed the connects to the motherboard, switching the SSD to 1 and
> the spinner to 2. There is no 0. This did not change things.
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
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