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Oliou
Jul 19, 2021Aspirant
RN314: USB Boot order in BIOS not saved + ACPI and USB3 not working
Hello, I have a RN314 that I want to use as a regular computer. I installed a linux distrib on a USB3.0 key. It works, however I have several issues with this: 1- The BIOS does not save the boo...
- Jul 19, 2021
I think that's the latest BIOS. A bit unsure which way around month and day is in that date. With that BIOS the system is configured to automatically boot off a NTGR USB service key such as one created for USB Boot Recovery if it finds one each boot or otherwise boot normally. Sent you a PM.
mdgm
Jul 19, 2021Virtuoso
What's the date of the bios in bios_ver.log (from the logs downloaded in ReadyNAS OS)? The date of the BIOS is also briefly seen on the screen on boot if you hook up a HDMI display, which is an alternative way to check. You could also check it using e.g. dmidecode or possibly dmesg on the 3rd party OS.
Oliou
Jul 19, 2021Aspirant
Here is a screenshot of the BIOS, thanks!
- mdgmJul 19, 2021Virtuoso
I think that's the latest BIOS. A bit unsure which way around month and day is in that date. With that BIOS the system is configured to automatically boot off a NTGR USB service key such as one created for USB Boot Recovery if it finds one each boot or otherwise boot normally. Sent you a PM.
- mdgmJul 20, 2021Virtuoso
Actually that's not the latest BIOS. The latest one was 11/05/2013, from about 5 months later.
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