HP Microserver N54L Boot Manager key?

[Jeff Gaines]

I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?

I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

[Theo]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?

I usually mash F2, F10, F12 and Delete randomly. Couldn't tell you which
one is detected by any particular machine :-)

Theo

[Daniel James]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which
key will bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?

F10 according to the helpful manual I downloaded ages ago.

It's definitely worth downloading these manuals and squirrelling them
away before they become unavailable ... or you, er, forget where to
download them!

[wasbit]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key
will bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?
I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

IIRC you hit Esc like a demented woodpecker.

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?
I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

I have succeeded in getting into the BIOS by hitting F10 "like a demented
woodpecker"!

No sign of a boot menu from Escape, F2 or F12. Perhaps I need to work my
way through the keyboard...

[Andy Burns]

Post by Jeff Gaines
No sign of a boot menu

Proliants often use F8, but the same key will do different thinkd
depending on what the most recent prompt was, so don't rush

I think it's Dells with ctrl-S

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by Jeff Gaines
No sign of a boot menu

Proliants often use F8, but the same key will do different thinkd
depending on what the most recent prompt was, so don't rush
I think it's Dells with ctrl-S

I will work my way round the keyboard :-)

[Sump]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?
I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c02473845

Looks like F10

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?
I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

Just to wrap this up there are questions about this all over the Internet
but very few answers - and those there are don't work :-(

I sat at the machine for over half an hour and tried Escape, Delete, F2,
F9, F11. F10 does bring up the BIOS setup screen but no boot manager.

The only saving grace is if you plug a bootable DVD or Thumbdrive into the
top of the front USB ports you do get a prompt asking if you want to boot
from it.

If I get stuck at that Grub prompt (it may be a shell prompt with user
Grub) is there anything I can usefully do?

[Theo]

Post by Jeff Gaines

Post by Jeff Gaines
I can't believe I am asking this but can somebody remind me which key will
bring up the boot menu on these microservers please?
I keep ending up at a grub prompt :-(

Just to wrap this up there are questions about this all over the Internet
but very few answers - and those there are don't work :-(
I sat at the machine for over half an hour and tried Escape, Delete, F2,
F9, F11. F10 does bring up the BIOS setup screen but no boot manager.

Are you sure there is a boot manager at all? Traditional practice has been
to go into BIOS and switch the boot order to what you want. Boot managers
are a newfangled innovation.

Post by Jeff Gaines
If I get stuck at that Grub prompt (it may be a shell prompt with user
Grub) is there anything I can usefully do?

It is possible to tell Grub what you want to boot, same commands as in
grub.cfg files. You can also 'chainload' another bootloader (eg Windows).
Be aware that grub refers to discs by its own notation, eg (hd0,0) for first
partition on first disc, rather than Linuxisms like sda1.

Theo

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Theo

Post by Jeff Gaines
Just to wrap this up there are questions about this all over the Internet
but very few answers - and those there are don't work :-(
I sat at the machine for over half an hour and tried Escape, Delete, F2,
F9, F11. F10 does bring up the BIOS setup screen but no boot manager.

Are you sure there is a boot manager at all? Traditional practice has been
to go into BIOS and switch the boot order to what you want. Boot managers
are a newfangled innovation.

There is according to the Internet! However, if there really was somebody
somewhere in all the places I have searched would have posted a reply. I
suspect it arrived with later generations of the Microserver.

Post by Theo

Post by Jeff Gaines
If I get stuck at that Grub prompt (it may be a shell prompt with user
Grub) is there anything I can usefully do?

It is possible to tell Grub what you want to boot, same commands as in
grub.cfg files. You can also 'chainload' another bootloader (eg Windows).
Be aware that grub refers to discs by its own notation, eg (hd0,0) for first
partition on first disc, rather than Linuxisms like sda1.

OK, some learning to do, thank you :-)

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

Post by Jeff Gaines
There is according to the Internet! However, if there really was somebody
somewhere in all the places I have searched would have posted a reply. I
suspect it arrived with later generations of the Microserver.

It's F11 on my N36L/N40L/N54L. Maybe you're on an older BIOS? But I
think mine always had it.

Cheers - Jaimie

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh

Post by Jeff Gaines
There is according to the Internet! However, if there really was somebody
somewhere in all the places I have searched would have posted a reply. I
suspect it arrived with later generations of the Microserver.

It's F11 on my N36L/N40L/N54L. Maybe you're on an older BIOS? But I
think mine always had it.

Thanks but still no go sadly.

I am on BIOS 041 dated 1/10/2103, the one that gets the NIC working on
Windows.

I even tried powering off, removing the power lead, holding the on/off
switch down for 30 second, putting cable back in, hold down F11 then power
on. I do wonder if the person posting that was taking the Mick though!

[SH]

Post by Jeff Gaines

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh

Post by Jeff Gaines
There is according to the Internet! However, if there really was somebody
somewhere in all the places I have searched would have posted a reply. I
suspect it arrived with later generations of the Microserver.

It's F11 on my N36L/N40L/N54L. Maybe you're on an older BIOS? But I
think mine always had it.

Thanks but still no go sadly.
I am on BIOS 041 dated 1/10/2103, the one that gets the NIC working on

That is an impressive time machine!

Post by Jeff Gaines
Windows.
I even tried powering off, removing the power lead, holding the on/off
switch down for 30 second, putting cable back in, hold down F11 then
power on. I do wonder if the person posting that was taking the Mick
though!

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by SH

Post by Jeff Gaines
I am on BIOS 041 dated 1/10/2103, the one that gets the NIC working on

That is an impressive time machine!

Somebody keeps moving the keys on this xomputer.