[ale] [EXTERNAL] Re: UEFI/NVME system won't boot after dead CMOS battery

[Allen Beddingfield]

That was also my first thought, but secure boot is disabled.

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From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 9:01 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Cc: Boris Borisov
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] UEFI/NVME system won't boot after dead CMOS battery

Got to be some security feature I think. Some BRAND name motherboards have options to whitelist boot devices.



On Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 22:57 DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
NVMe isn't true or false.  Sometimes there are odd issues. Checking that the firmware is current, the current BIOS sees and can use it, and the OS works are 3 moving parts.

On really new systems, these are the first things to validate if there are any issues.

On 3/18/22 22:30, SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale wrote:
> I'm not getting this. So it boots if you use cd boot and direct it to
> load linux os from hd, and it works.  If nvme firmware was an issue,
> would the opensuse boot disc still work?
>
> As previously suggested.. but why don't you have access to update the
> mbr on the drive after getting it up and running with your
> alternative boot method (cd)?  This is weird. Scratching head...
> Doug.
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