<div dir="ltr">When rebooting the computer, you will briefly see the logo. Depending on the brand, you might need to repeatedly mash the F10 or F12 key before you see the copmuter brand logo to bring it either tot he BIOS screen or the boot selection screen. It dependent on brand specifically, so perhaps search online for "usb boot" and the brand name...<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br></div><div>Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer<br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><br>I use <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">LibreOffice</a> , a free, Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office<br><br><i>Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.</i><br>
<a href="https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software" target="_blank">https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software</a><br></font><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 19:51, Andrew Ramage <<a href="mailto:andrew.ramage.1963@gmail.com">andrew.ramage.1963@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="gmail-m_-5179555013092022225__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I commented out some lines in fstab that I had entered, mounting SD cards. <div></div>
<div>I have now created a recovery boot USB drive, but the main system boots to its normal screen. How do I get the system to boot to the USB ?</div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-top:20px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;min-width:500px">
<p style="color:rgb(170,170,170);margin-top:10px">On 08/07/2020 19:33:09, Jeremy Nicoll <<a href="mailto:jn.ml.elx.813@letterboxes.org" target="_blank">jn.ml.elx.813@letterboxes.org</a>> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, at 09:56, Andrew Ramage wrote:<br>> I have been having trouble starting up my system. I commented out the <br>> lines in fstab that added the SD cards to it. I can now see the login <br>> screen but my password is not working. Anyone know how to fix this?<br><br>Did this start happening out of the blue? (If so, maybe there's an <br>underlying hardware error.) Otherwise...<br><br>... what had you changed on your system since the last time start-up<br>worked ok?<br><br>Do you keep notes about what you change? If not, you should do.<br><br>-- <br>Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.<br><br>-- <br>EdLUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:EdLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">EdLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://lists.edlug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edlug" target="_blank">https://lists.edlug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edlug</a></div></blockquote></div>-- <br>
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