[GRLUG] brain dead re bootloader

[Jeff DeMaagd]

On May 12, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Eric Beversluis <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> The trouble is the boot menu is not showing at all. It goes directly to
> Windows as the default. I wonder if maybe I set the time it waits before
> going to default too short. If that's what happened, is there any way to
> get at the boot menu?


Hold down or repeatedly press the button during boot, I wonder if the boot loader has been replaced.


> I haven't had luck booting from a live CD since the CD drive mounts
> through the pcmcia drive and at some point in the boot process (after
> initially seeing the CD) the computer no longer finds it on the pcmcia.


Have you tried to boot from a USB stick?

Are you sure there is data on the Linux partition that needs to be saved?