Strange booting problem

[Rick Stevens]

On 06/24/2015 05:07 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>
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> On 06/24/2015 05:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 06/24/2015 04:25 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>> Laptop: Dell Latitude E6510.
>>>
>>> OS: F20 with all updates
>>>
>>> Grub installed on sda.
>>>
>>> Power up ,and after bios's internal works, I do not get the grub menu.
>>> All I get is an empty screen with the underscore cursor blinking at
>>> upper left corner.
>>>
>>> Reboot.
>>>
>>> Press F12 to get the BIOS boot menu.
>>>
>>> Select Internal HDD
>>>
>>> Boots just fine.
>>
>> Looks like the BIOS' concept of the primary boot drive is different
>> than "internal HDD". Check the boot order on the BIOS.
> Boot order is
> 1. CD drive
> 2. USB drive
> 3. Internal Drive
> 4. Network

Ok, so do you have a CD in the drive or a USB drive plugged in? If
so, it's going to try to boot from them first.
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