EliteBook 8570w and Linux Mint 18.2

[DGremlin]

I had posted this on the Enterprise board, and they told me to come here.

I recently purchased a refurbished EliteBook 8570w, and not being a fan of Windows 10, took out that hard drive, put a mSATA in it, and installed Linux Mint.  The machine had come with a SSD in the upgrade bay, but I replaced that with the CD/DVD SuperMulti drive.

This is a powerhouse machine, and I replaced the keyboard with the backlit one, and have memory up to 24GB now (last chip is on the way, and a 2nd hard drive (SSD will be the next step).

There are only 2 problems to surmount, and I will be set.

1.  The EFI boot sequence with HP requires me to step down a few levels to boot up.  I would like to have something like a direct boot into Linux.  Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.  Or, is there a BIOS editor available that would let me 'tune' the BIOS to my needs?  I have found a myriad of suggestions on EFI/UEFI booting on boht HP and LInux forums, but would like to have a conclusive solution.

2. The optical drive still is not recognized, and any suggestions will be appreciated.  I definitely want this drive working.

I have scanned numerous posts about Linux Mint on HPs, and there are a myriad of suggestions.  Still trying to find the best and final one.

Any help will be truly appreciated.

[DayDream2point0]

HP EliteBook Folio 9470m cannot boot directly into Linux Mint 18.2 Sylvia

Here is my solution. You will have to tweak these settings in the BIOS.

BIOS Information:

BIOS vers. F.70 (68IBD 4/12/2018)

Settings:

System Configuration→Boot Options

Customized Boot (Checked)

Secure Boot Configuration (NOT checked)

Clear SecureBoot Keys (Checked)

Boot Mode:

UEFI native without CSM (compatibility support mode)

UEFI Boot Order

**FIRST**

Customized Boot

Define Custom Boot Option

**SELECT**

Add – be sure to clear current path

Custom boot path

\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi

please note the path is case-sensitive

Be sure to SAVE your settings when you exit from the BIOS.

I hope you found this helpful 🙂

[DGremlin]

Where can I find this BIOS version?  BIOS vers. F.70 (68IBD 4/12/2018)

I looked at the HP support sites, but can't find it.

The reply I got from you mentioned an HP EliteBook Folio 9470m, and I have an EliteBook 8570w.

Will this make a difference?

[DayDream2point0]

The BIOS version for your HP model is F.68 Rev.A (sp87465.exe) HP EliteBook 8570w

[DGremlin]

Will I be able to run this on a Linux machine.  I no longer have Windows on it.

[DayDream2point0]

You might want to use "Windows to Go".

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48127