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02-10-2017 11:41 PM
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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02-11-2017 12:44 AM
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
02-11-2017 12:44 AM
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
02-14-2017 08:34 AM
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.