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I've got an HP an012nr laptop and would like to see it operate a modern Linux distro like Linux Mint 18.1.

 

I downloaded it and used F11 at boot time to select the USB stick to boot from, but it seems to find the media defective.

 

Has anyone booted a Linux distro on this laptop?  

 

Is there any special setup or distro required? 

 

Is there a BIOS setting that I need to make to allow Linux to boot properly from the USB stick?  

 

Thanks for any pointers or help on this topic.

 

Don.

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Hi,


Try this:
Disable secure boot and enable legacy from BIOS. Save and exit.

http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04784866

Plug in USB.

Change boot order to USB by tapping f9 as soon as you power on laptop.

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01443326

Boot from USB.


Regards

Visruth

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Hi,


Try this:
Disable secure boot and enable legacy from BIOS. Save and exit.

http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04784866

Plug in USB.

Change boot order to USB by tapping f9 as soon as you power on laptop.

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01443326

Boot from USB.


Regards

Visruth
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Yes that did help, thanks (all but the f9, I had set up the boot order to take the USB first which worked too).

 

The other issue I was having was that the USB key I was using had a messed up MBR, I had used it to restor the firware on a previous laptop to get Windows 10 working on that machine and that firware ISO somehow munged the MBR on that USB Key.  I used DiskTest to clean that up and after a reformat and reload of the LXDE ISO onto the key with Unetbootin it worked fine.

 

Thanks for your help, now I'm running LXDE/Lubuntu 16.10 just fine on the HP AN012NR and it's fast!

 

Don.

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You're welcome Don.

Good luck!

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