fedora equivalent of recovery disk

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On 12/18/2011 05:48 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
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> Wanted to get back on this while mulling / understanding the rest.
> 
> Its an HP bios that has that pseudo-gui with the limited use of the 
> arrow keys, return, f-keys, and esc. I went through every page looking 
> for anything that looked remotely usable as a solution. I didn't see 
> anything for showing detail during the boot (though I may not be 
> understanding what you mean by "detail"). Definitely no "other", its 
> just cd/dvd or hard drive as boot options. I got the date and revision 
> number of what I have and compared it against HP release notes for bios 
> updates. It looks like Phoenix who I have seen on a number of different 
> HP machine's bioses (? is there a plural of bios ?).
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date of bios is what usually gives you an idea if it is usb boot enabled.

not sure when usb got around to being bootable, but i well imagine anything
in past 5 years should/would have that ability.

"bioses" is correct, even if your spell checker does not know it. ;)

> My fear is that I can't afford to screw up a bios update on this 
> machine.
-=-

for now, just used the 'chroot' procedure to check your files. and as
stated, anything that was an rpm package will/should verify.

> Thanks for your patience and continued help ... especially when I 
> admitted that I might be considering cutting my losses on this issue.
-=-

not a problem. glad i can help. not much on tv tonight worth watching
anyway. 8-D


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