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Re:Another Week with Bad Software by linuxftw on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:02PM (#18058803)
Try reseating your RAM, reattaching your hdd cables. If you can't get to BIOS, it's nothing to do with a secondary hard drive.
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Re:Another Week with Bad Software by cptnapalm on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:48PM (#18059185)
It's an older Mac Pro: all UEFI and sleds rather than cables. I can try doing the RAM reseating, but the Mac Pro won't even go to EFI if it thinks there's something wrong with the RAM; how I found that out: I initially didn't know you couldn't mix 16GB sticks with other sizes but know that now.
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Re:Another Week with Bad Software by davemp on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:10PM (#18058879)
I've encountered issues that must have been BIOS bugs such as hanging before the BIOS screen with a corrupted Linux drive plugged in but working just fine with it disconnected. Trust nothing.
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