The system will try to start Windows, but if you quickly hit F2 again it takes you into a full Setup menu which enables you to set the boot order.Īnyway, it worked and I've set the netbook to dual boot Linux or Windows 7 (Linux first of course). This will initially take you into the very restricted Setup menu (which doesn't enable you to change boot order). In case anybody else wants to get to the boot menu, you need to hit F2 when booting the machine. I knew that it must be possible to get to the boot menu, because I've seen other posts on linux forums discussing issues with this particular model of Acer Aspire. If I have the USB drive plugged in, it boots, and it looks like the system is running of the HDD (/ is mounted from there, the USB drive is /media/PENDRIVE, everything works fine when I unmount it, etc).
'I finally managed to resolve the problem myself. I just installed 12.04 LTS onto my Acer Aspire One from a USB thumbdrive, and I cannot reboot unless I boot from the USB drive. Why can't I get the F12 Boot Menu to work on my notebook or netbook? Computers that do not have the F12 Boot Menu feature will not be able to enable the feature within the BIOS.' 'Note: Not all Acer notebooks or netbooks have the F12 Boot Menu feature. 'If the boot menu feature is not available in the BIOS setup menu, then the option is not available on your system.'