[arch-general] Install Archlinux on HP Elitebook

Ralf Mardorf silver.bullet at zoho.com
Sun Dec 24 20:01:53 UTC 2017


On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 20:52:04 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:25:05 -0700, Leonid Isaev via arch-general
>wrote:
>>What are those ctrl-* characters (like ^Q)?  
>
>Ok, the config isn't entirely self-explaining ;). The ^ marks the
>hotkey. In this case pushing the q-key without the Ctrl-key directly
>boots the particular Linux install.

Oops, no, the hotkey does select the menu entry, to boot I still need
to enter, but IIRC it's also possible to configure syslinux to directly
boot after pushing the hotkey.

>It's also possible to select a menu entry by using the cursor up and
>down keys instead of using the hotkey.


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