Re: [orca-list] Getting to the boot menu to install Linux

["Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182 opopanax net>]

That is about right. And yes, I'll agree with you about the fish.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffery Mewtamer via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
To: orca-list gnome org
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 02:12:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Getting to the boot menu to install Linux

> Okay, so it sounds like that, even if one were comfortable opening up
> and temporarily disconnecting the harddrive, the best you could do
> without a monitor and a functioning eyeball is:
>
> 1. Disconnect hard drive.
>
> 2. Boot live media.
>
> 3. change the boot order from the live environment
>
> 4. shut down.
>
> 5. reconnect the hard drive.
>
> 6. boot the install media
>
> And repeat this rigamarole every time you want to do a clean install
> or boot a live environment to create/restor a back up of your system
> partition or do other rescue tasks... and that's assuming the
> temporary change to the boot order can survive a cold boot.
>
> Anyone else feel like slapping whoever's responsible for the broken,
> industry standard default with a fish?
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