[PLUG] Slackware Firefox out of date

[Dick Steffens]

On 12/27/18 8:21 AM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> Running lilo and installing a bootloader to your MBR will not impact UEFI
> booting *unless* the BIOS has been set to prefer Legacy booting. MBR
> bootloaders (like GRUB and Lilo) do not touch the EFI boot partition and
> will be ignored if you configure the BIOS to ignore them.
>
> Dick, do you have your BIOS set to UEFI, Legacy, or Both?
>
> That is a very important question for installing an OS across ALL platforms.
>

I'm not sure where to look for that, so I'll provide probably more than 
is needed.

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ASUS UEFI BIOS Utility - EZ Mode

SATA Information
SATAG_1:WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 (1000.2GB)
SATAG_2:ASUS  DRW-24F1ST c ATPI
SATAG_3:N/A
SATAG_4:N/A


Boot Priority

(Icon that looks like a disk platter with a head) Slackware (SATAG_1:WDC 
WD10EZEX-00WN4A0)

(Icon that looks like a disk platter with a head) SATAG_1:WDC 
WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 (953869MB)

(Icon that looks like a DVD) SATAG_2:ASUS  DRW24F1ST

(Icon that looks like a disk platter with a head) ubuntu (SATAG_1:WDC 
WD10EZEX-00WN4A0)


Boot Menu(F8)

SATAG_1:WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 (953869MB)
ubuntu (SATAG_1:WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0)
Slackware (SATAG_1:WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0)
SATAG_2:ASUS  DRW24F1ST

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So, even though Slackware is first in the Boot Priority list, ubuntu 
shows up ahead of it in the Boot Menu. It doesn't appear that I can move 
anything in the Boot Menu. I tried moving ubuntu in the Boot Priority 
list, and the machine hung. When I powered off and back on, the DVD 
drive was gone.

After exit, there is a long pause, and then I get the GRUB prompt again.

> do you have your BIOS set to UEFI, Legacy, or Both?

I don't know if I've found what you're asking, but in Advanced Mode 
there is a Boot menu. In there is CSM (Compatibility Support Module). 
Here's what it has:

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Launch CSM                    Enabled

Boot Device Control        UEFI and Legacy OPROM
     Other options are             Legacy OPROM only
                                              UEFI only

Boot from Network Devices             Legacy only
     Other options are                              Ignore
                                                               UEFI 
driver first

Boot from Storage Devices             Legacy only
     Other options are                              Ignore
                                                               UEFI 
driver first

Boot from PCI-E Expansion Devices             Legacy only
     Other options are                                      Ignore
   UEFI driver first

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When I hit EXIT, the screen went blank, followed by a few flashes, one 
of which showed ELILO, but it disappeared, and I'm back to the GRUB prompt.

I'm guessing that my original mistake was that I didn't format /dev/sda1 
before beginning the install. I just reused the partitions that were 
there for Ubuntu 16. I did format /dev/sda2 before the install. I did 
not format /dev/sda3.

Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1        2048    1050623    1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda2     1050624 1936863231 1935812608 923.1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  1936863232 1953523711   16660480     8G Linux swap

Assuming that my guess is true, can I boot from the USB stick I made 
after installing on the laptop, and run some script to clean out what's 
in /dev/sda1 and replace it with what should be there? Or am I guessing 
wrong about what's wrong?

Thanks for the help.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens