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How do I add UEFI entries to boot any USB device? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My stupid Lenovo "Thinkpad" UEFI doesnt have a real F12 devices menu.

It just shows registered UEFI targets that can be booted.

This is pretty catastrophic, somehow I got Fedora and Windows installed, but thats it. If something breaks, I am in trouble. I cant do a memtest86 even though I think my RAM is faulty.

So in Linux, is there a way to add an UEFI entry to boot just any USB stick? Or to boot a specific one, like with Ventoy on it?

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't you have an option to boot from usb in the BIOS?

Note that accessing the boot menus is not always with F12. Sometimes it's also ESC, F1, F2 or DEL. You should try those.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

or F11

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've had F10 before too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At that point also consider your local governments nuke launch button as a possible option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

F10 is typical on HP / Compaq

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My example is an old LG netbook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah... That's not too crazy either.

They're certainly a less common manufacturer for PCs though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its the boot menu for sure.

Maybe I need to set "legacy first" to boot from USB?

There is no "boot from USB" in the BIOS and the F12 menu doesnt show devices, just UEFI entries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try F1 instead of F12. It should be under Setup -> Boot, and then just make your USB the first entry, save, and exit. And just so we're covering all bases, the usb should be plugged in before you reboot into the bios settings and it may be under a name that doesn't say "usb" anywhere (for example, the name of my usb in the bios settings contains the manufacturer and size in GB in addition to some other nonsense that i think is a model number).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes thats the usual way but that didnt work. Anyways, for some reason my Bios works again, without and logical thing causing that. Showing devices, ssds, usb sticks like a good Bios lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The BIOS should have a boot order option. You could set you USB as first priority there. Your USB may need to be plugged in to appear in this list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok thats a valid point. I will try to plug it in.