How to install Linux on a laptop with a broken screen and HDMI output to Monitor

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How to install Linux on a laptop with a broken screen and HDMI output to Monitor

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08-22-2022, 09:48 PM	#1
emrjackson LQ Newbie Registered: Aug 2022 Posts: 3 Rep:	How to install Linux on a laptop with a broken screen and HDMI output to Monitor With the HDMI connection I can see the post image, BIOS, and I was able to use Windows on a thumb drive to install and run Windows (although it took, no joke, 5 attempts as certain drivers canked the HDMI). I have a partition ready for Linux. I used balenaEtcher and Linux Mint Cinnamon to make a bootable thumb drive, but there is NO HDMI output. Any ideas on how to create a boot drive that will automatically push HDMI video?

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