(mod edit: original title 'What makes 'start-up disk dialog box' appear?')
Host: Arch. Guest : Arch (EFI). Vbox : 6.1.22
I installed arch as guest, but grub was not installed properly, so the VM drops into GRUB> shell. I can't figure out how to boot the live CD - so I can go back and fix grub. Can someone please help?
While installing I saw a 'start up disk selector' dialog that allowed me to choose between CD and HDD. But I can't figure out how to make it appear.
Thanks.
Access EFI Boot Selector
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Access EFI Boot Selector
Last edited by scottgus1 on 4. Jun 2021, 00:53, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: changed topic title
Reason: changed topic title
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Re: What makes 'start-up disk dialog box' appear?
While the VM is starting, beat a tattoo on the Esc key, that should get you into the EFI text boot manager, where you can get the boot selection up and pick the CD drive.
I changed the title to reflect the situation.
I changed the title to reflect the situation.
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Re: Access EFI Boot Selector
If you want to keep your ESC key intact, you can simply enter the exit command at the Shell> prompt.scottgus1 wrote:While the VM is starting, beat a tattoo on the Esc key, that should get you into the EFI text boot manager