Arch Linux

pandeychetan

Member

Registered: 2020-07-16

Posts: 4

[SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

Hello everyone ,
I am using linux since about 8-9 months and using vanilla Arch since 3 weeks
Recently i reinstalled Arch but this time i used Syslinux as my boot loader and since then i am unable to get into my BIOS settings during reboot
I tried pressing all the Fn keys and the delete key but all in vain.
Please help me out
I want to enable Virtualization on my amd 64-bit hardware through BIOS settings
If you could either tell me how to get into BIOS or else how to enable Virtualization from elsewhere it would be a great help
Thanks for reading my question [if you did ]

Last edited by pandeychetan (2020-07-16 15:52:58)

Trilby

Inspector Parrot

Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,424

Website

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

This depends on your hardware.  What kind of system is it?

Syslinux is irrelevant: your bootloader does not give options for BIOS access - by the time any boot loader has started, you've already missed the option to get to the BIOS settings.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-07-16 12:01:52)

---

"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman

paulkerry

Member

From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

It might help if you told us what hardware (especially what motherboard) you have!
On HP systems you press "Esc" to enter bios. Some laptops you have to press the separate fn key and a Fn key simultaneously.
How about powering down, pull out the hard disk connector and then boot?

Skunky

Member

Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 231

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

Is this a UEFI install? If so you can use

systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

schard

Forum Moderator

From: Hannover

Registered: 2016-05-06

Posts: 2,441

Website

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

On HP systems you press "Esc" to enter bios.

That's not true. I have a HP laptop and on this one it's F2.
It entirely depends on the manufacturer's settings.
The most common keys are: DEL, F1, F2, ESC, F12 in no particular order. I've also seen F3, F4 and F7 been used.
Note that on keyboards with an additional Fn-Key and secondary layer on the aforementioned keys, pressing the key might not work when the keyboard is in (or out of) Fn-Mode.

Last edited by schard (2020-07-16 12:06:49)

---

Inofficial first vice president of the Rust Evangelism Strike Force

pandeychetan

Member

Registered: 2020-07-16

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

Is this a UEFI install? If so you can use

systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

Ya thanks , that worked
I am sorry for such a novice question
Thank you all for replying and taking time

Skunky

Member

Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 231

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

You're welcome, please remember to mark your thread as solved

pandeychetan

Member

Registered: 2020-07-16

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

You're welcome, please remember to mark your thread as solved

Sorry but how do I do that ?

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,859

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

Edit the title in your first post in this thread and prepend [SOLVED] or so.

pandeychetan

Member

Registered: 2020-07-16

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot get into BIOS with Syslinux as bootloader

Edit the title in your first post in this thread and prepend [SOLVED] or so.

Thanks that helped