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I have got a Lenovo computer which has something that I do not care: Windows 10. I want to install Debian in it. "It should be easy and quick!" - I thought.
I opened debian.org page (it is amazing how M$ can turn a good browser engine in something so shitty!), looked for the downloads section, looked for the Debian installer, so I can do it without a pendrive or a CD. It says I have to choose between Debian and Windows in the boot that will follow - also expected. But this screen or option never appears! After asking to reboot, the computer turns off, starts booting, the Lenovo logo stays on for a while, and then, it is W$ again.
Probably your pc is booting in UEFI mode with Compatibility mode enabled (CSM). So the Debian USB boots in legacy mode, installs in legacy mode, but UEFI won't boot from a legacy mode hard drive, only external media. If this is accurate, go into BIOS and disable legacy mode/compatibility mode, this will force Debian installer to boot in UEFI mode, and install in UEFI mode.
It says I have to choose between Debian and Windows in the boot that will follow - also expected. But this screen or option never appears! After asking to reboot, the computer turns off, starts booting, the Lenovo logo stays on for a while, and then, it is W$ again.
What is happening? What can I do?
Reboot your Lenovo. When it starts the boot process press key F12 repeatedly to open the boot menu. That will give you the option to boot from an inserted USB stick, DVD, HDD, etc.
Last edited by Trihexagonal; 06-28-2021 at 12:13 PM.
I made a video showing it, but it is too big. Optimizing it will take long too.
What I did is:
1. Download debian-10.10.0-amd64-netinst (I expect to use a local wifi here)
2. Open the downloads folder, double click the file, and double click the "setup.exe" program.
3. Allow it to change hardware.
4. Choose language.
5. Normal install mode.
6. Begin install on this computer.
7. Click next. A progress bar is shown, it takes a few seconds to fill. Now, the only option is to close the window.
8. Now, comes the notice saying that I must reboot and, during the reboot, I will be asked if I want to continue the install process or boot W$. This is where I lost myself.
Reboot your Lenovo. When it starts the boot process press key F12 repeatedly to open the boot menu. That will give you the option to boot from an inserted USB stick, DVD, HDD, etc.
After that, I turned on everything about legacy on BIOS: support for it, priority to boot legacy, fast boot off.
With the pendrive inserted, I turn on the computer, press F12 to choose boot option (like Trihexagonal suggested), choose USB and wait. W$ is booted again.
After that, I turned on everything about legacy on BIOS: support for it, priority to boot legacy, fast boot off.
Excuse me for being so slow, I can see you're annoyed, but if you know to do that what was all that business about:
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Originally Posted by dedec0
USB? No USB. I am using Debian installer, so I do not need pendrive or CD.
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Originally Posted by dedec0
With the pendrive inserted, I turn on the computer, press F12 to choose boot option (like our friend suggested), choose USB and wait. W$ is booted again.
***As a side note, when did you start speaking for everyone else, not to mention speaking to everyone else about me in the 3rd person in my presence, as to whether or not I am their friend? You don't know me very well.***
I've got an IBM Thinkpad T43, three Lenovo Thinkpad T61, one Lenovo Thinkpad T400, two Lenovo Thinkpad W520 and if you push the F12 button on any of them during the boot process it will bring up the boot menu:
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6. Interrupt boot, press F12 and select USB mass storage device as boot source.
I have got a Lenovo computer which has something that I do not care: Windows 10. I want to install Debian in it. "It should be easy and quick!" - I thought.
I opened debian.org page (it is amazing how M$ can turn a good browser engine in something so shitty!), looked for the downloads section, looked for the Debian installer, so I can do it without a pendrive or a CD.
That's a real sign of intelligence.
You said you had a "computer".
Yes... Yes, I will... I'll speak for everyone and say we knew that.
I told you what works on what the majority of Lenovo users use. Thinkpads.
Learn to post more wisely and in the future, don't be so presumptuous.
Excuse me for being so slow, I can see you're annoyed, but if you know to do that what was all that business about:
***As a side note, when did you start speaking for everyone else, not to mention speaking to everyone else about me in the 3rd person in my presence, as to whether or not I am their friend? You don't know me very well.***
I've got an IBM Thinkpad T43, three Lenovo Thinkpad T61, one Lenovo Thinkpad T400, two Lenovo Thinkpad W520 and if you push the F12 button on any of them during the boot process it will bring up the boot menu:
But you didn't say you had a Thinkpad, did you?
That's a real sign of intelligence.
You said you had a "computer".
Yes... Yes, I will... I'll speak for everyone and say we knew that.
I told you what works on what the majority of Lenovo users use. Thinkpads.
Learn to post more wisely and in the future, don't be so presumptuous.
Trihexagonal, I am very sorry if you got offended when I refered to you as a friend. I consider all people in LQ as friends, until something changes it to be something else. I have helped a few people, and I have counted with the help of numerous people here, along some years, and I consider everyone along this way as friends. There are several levels of friendship, and you do not seem to consider this. Anyway, I say to you: I am sorry, my post refering to you as a friend will be edited, and I will not treat you as such anymore.
What I have here is not a Thinkpad. It is a Lenovo B1M1 notebook. And now, my possible next thread is about its hardware (for wlan connection).
That 'dd' command I did was initially wrong, Trihexagonal. I am far from being an expert using it.
You're right about wanting the stick not to be mounted. CD / to the directory your .iso is in then use the correct dd command for your partitioning scheme. Yours is not going to be designated as /dev/da0 and I don't have my Kali box up to look at it to remember, so I'm not going to change my command.
No need to feel guilty, Trihexagonal. But we are on the newbie forum. Although I have used linux for several years, sometimes, I find it more appropriate to put my questions here. I do not follow the changes happening in everything, the evolution of things. So, at times, things work in strange ways for me.
After not being able to boot the notebook as I wanted, a few times, I even imagined it was blocked (somehow I do not know, no password was asked) to enter the BIOS, or doing these kinds of things. It is a rented notebook.
In theory, I expected no basic challenge. In practice, ... LQ helps a lot. (:
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Installing Debian in a Lenovo computer
Since none commented my steps, I tried something else
