wind77 wrote:
There is essentially no one here, who has been telling you to “disable secure boot from within Windows 11
So, as a Windows novice, it seems that I confused “secure boot” with “fast boot.”
Still, MrLavender write, near the start of this discussion wrote:
Firstly, the BIOS prompt is probably not appearing because of Windows fast boot. Boot into Windows and turn that off.
Because of that advice, I put myself to the trouble of enabling Windows 11 on my PC. I gave Microsoft a considerable amount of information about myself that I would have preferred not to have given them, agreed to Windows 11’s voluminous “Terms of Use” agreeement, etc.
As I said, I have been using Linux since prior to 2000. Prior to that I worked as programmer from 1989 until 1996. I have since got a tertiary IT degree, helped to establish one of the earlier rural dial-up ISPs and have worked as a contract Java programmer.
I am not working now as an IT professional because I was disabled 14 years ago when a car knocked my head as I was cycling to work.
I spite of that I have since been able to install Manjaro Linux, as well as Linux Mint, Ubuntu and others, on my own computer.
I had thought that, as currently number 6 on the distrowatch.com, as opposed to number 63 where Arch Linux is located, that Manjaro Linux was considered more suitable for less knowledgeable Linux users, even if it is not suitable for an “absolute beginner.”
From this experience it seems to me that the Windows 11 fast boot which came with my computer is a particularly diabolical feature and would cause grief to quite a few others who would want to run Linux on their PCs with Windows 11 pre-installed. The search terms Windows+11+Fast+Boot+and+Linux seem to have confirmed that to me.
That is why some of my posts may have contained mistakes and inconsitencies for which I have apologised.
Thank you, Kobold for your suggestion that I reset my BIOS settings with a jumper on the mainboard. I will try that later today.
