Hah. I booted one of those NUCs from the AI-healthcare company with all the security problems (it wasn't connected to a network!) and it turns out they configured their system to fsck / on EVERY BOOT.
-
Hah. I booted one of those NUCs from the AI-healthcare company with all the security problems (it wasn't connected to a network!) and it turns out they configured their system to fsck / on EVERY BOOT.
clearly they have a LOT of trust in... well, all kinds of things. power supply, system crashes, bad hard drives?
-
@foone like, forcing it and not just doing a dirty check? jeez
-
@Skirmisher yeah. it does a full fsck every boot. even after being cleanly shutdown
-
the fuckknobs turned off USB-keyboard support in the BIOS
which means when grub boots I can't select anything. and I can't get into the BIOS to fix it, because guess what? THE KEYBOARD DON'T WORK
-
or it might be getting confused by this keyboard being too "fancy". maybe it doesn't trigger the BIOS's USB-keyboard support
-
I have so many keyboard problems
but in fairness, I absolutely deserve it
-
@foone You, of all people, SURELY have a PS/2 lying around somewhere? RIGHT?
-
@PhoenixGee of course! but this computer has no PS/2 port
-
I eventually just let it boot to the installer, which made the USB work, since it was a full OS
-
and now I'm in the BIOS, thanks to:
systemctl reboot --firmware-setup
-
and now I'm stuck in the BIOS because the keyboard still doesn't work
-
@foone
Can you usb->ps2->usb? Maybe more dongles will help? -
AND NEITHER DOES THIS ONE!
-
or this one.
-
yeah I think the UEFI is messed up and has keyboards turned off.
-
whelp. I took it apart to find out what it was: A Qotom Q4200UG2-P.
They don't seem to believe in "manuals" or anything like that, so I can't find any info on how to unfuck the bios
-
correction: Q4200UG2-H.
the -P is the one on aliexpress, which has some different ports and and a fan. mine is all heatsink.
-
@foone
Where are you going to find a PS/2 keyboard in this day and age? -
@EndlessMason Tried it. no luck.
-
@bruce I already tried two of them!