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Boot questions re: ASRock motherboard and Soarer's Converter/Teensy
« on: Sat, 27 December 2014, 20:05:22 »
So, I did a re-format and partial upgrade to my computer, and there are a few odd details that simply refuse to "just work"

I did a dual-boot with Windows 7 and OpenSUSE 13.2 with Grub2.

This question involves when selecting the OS in the Grub2 menu. My IBM Model F with Soarer's Converter/Teensy does not seem to be recognized early enough in the process to make the Grub selection with arrow keys.

The BIOS (or, I suppose that it is called UEFI these days) is set to accept "legacy" USB support and there is no problem with my Soarer's/Teensy after the beginning, but while the Grub2 screen is up, my arrow keys are dead and I cannot move off of the default selection.

Does anybody have any suggestions? For now, I have a PS/2 keyboard plugged in and sitting at the back of my desk, in case I have to reach around and use the arrow keys during boot, but that is a silly kludge.

Thanks!
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Re: Boot questions re: ASRock motherboard and Soarer's Converter/Teensy
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 17:12:49 »
Are you able to enter the BIOS from the POST screen? If so, it probably isn't the computer, but GRUB. I've heard of folks having trouble with GRUB not reading some keyboard setups but the memories are hazy and it was a long time ago.
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Re: Boot questions re: ASRock motherboard and Soarer's Converter/Teensy
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 01 January 2015, 19:55:42 »
Quote from: Tactile on Mon, 29 December 2014, 17:12:49
Are you able to enter the BIOS from the POST screen? If so, it probably isn't the computer, but GRUB. I've heard of folks having trouble with GRUB not reading some keyboard setups but the memories are hazy and it was a long time ago.

on my asrock z77 extreme6 the soarer KB works fine in UEFI, but I have heard that some don't want to work well with GRUB. Have you tried a different bootloader? I have had good luck with the windows one (you can add linux as a boot option) or lilo.
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Re: Boot questions re: ASRock motherboard and Soarer's Converter/Teensy
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 01 January 2015, 21:33:42 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Thu, 01 January 2015, 19:55:42

on my asrock z77 extreme6 the soarer KB works fine in UEFI, but I have heard that some don't want to work well with GRUB.

Have you tried a different bootloader? I have had good luck with the windows one (you can add linux as a boot option) or lilo.

I think that the problem is more basic than the bootloader. During POST, hitting F2 or Delete on the Soarer's/Teensy/USB keyboard does nothing, but the PS/2 keyboard works fine.

And anyway, the bootloader thing worked out. I kept trying to use up and down arrow keys to make selections from the list, which didn't work, but left and right arrow keys did. Who knew that left was up and right was down?

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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
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