From 9e0de52023dda41e82480b33f68641d648de63fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deeplow <47065258+deeplow@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 18:41:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add info on boot menu (part 1) --- .../installation-guide.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/installation-guide.md b/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/installation-guide.md index 55d7e2cc..27786d6a 100644 --- a/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/installation-guide.md +++ b/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/installation-guide.md @@ -133,12 +133,30 @@ settings. ### Getting to the boot screen Just after you power on your machine, make the Qubes OS medium available to the -computer by inserting your DVD or USB drive. Shortly after the Power-on -self-test (POST) is completed, you should be greeted with the Qubes OS boot -screen. +computer by inserting your USB drive. + +Then you'll need to power on the computer and immediately press a specific key to +enter what's called the "BIOS" of you computer. The key to press varies wildly from +one computer to another. Esc, Del and F10 are +common keys. If you're not sure about the key to press you'll have to view in the +machine's user guide or serch the web for `accessing BIOS ` +(replacing with your specific computer model). + +The BIOS menu will looks something like the following pictures: + +| ![](/attachment/doc/Thinkpad-t430-bios-main.jpg) | | +|----|----| +| [CC-BY-SA-4.0 Vitaly Zdanevich](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thinkpad-t430-bios-main.jpg) | ADD here UEFI + +Within the BIOS you'll navigate to the boot menu and either select to boot from your USB device or order the boot devices in such a way that the USB stick is the first one. Then save the configurations and restart your computer. After this the computer should show the Qubes boot screen: ![Boot screen](/attachment/doc/boot-screen.png) + +