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In a message on Monday 10-30-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

PQ> Hi! Holger,

 HG> The only way known to me, to be able to use the OS/2 Boot Manager,
 HG> is to install OS/2 first, and then install whatever operating system.

PQ> My new HP wouldn't have allowed even that.  It required a three step
PQ> process to achieve even a 'normal' start point:

PQ> * access BIOS and tell it show a POST screen on boot;
PQ> * deactivate "secure boot"; and
PQ> * change the UEFI settings to allow for an alternate boot source.

Well, normally the first step in every installation, is to set the BIOS
values you want/need.

I do agree that "secure boot" should be activated, when the installation
is done, not before, as HP apparently has decided.

The settings for boot source were of course made in the BIOS.

 PQ>> Are you guys talking about recent desktops?  (That sounds a lot like
 PQ>> this beast I'm currently driving.)

Well, desktops or floor standing. I prefer floor standing towers,
because I can then use the top surface for the mouse mat.

Raised to a height that the top is about hip height, it doesnt cause you
a 'mouse arm'.

 HG> to first install OS/2, and from there then partition the rest of the HD
 HG> for another Op.sys.

PQ> That was all wasted on me, Holger.  I'm a happy Linux driver on that
PQ> HP PC now, with most of a 1Tb drive dedicated to it (except for
PQ> visualized PCs).

Yes I know, and I didn't try to convert you to OS/2.

 HG> The problem is though, that I don't have a Windows 10p CD to make a new
 HG> installation :o)

PQ> Not unusual for me.  I don't have any CDs, oh except for some
PQ> Win98SE & XP ones... for machines that now only run in VirtualBox
PQ> (vBox) PCs.

The same is true here too, 98+se and XPp, the latter both swedish and
english.


Have a nice day,

Holger

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