This post is more than 5 years old
13 Posts
0
13272
November 3rd, 2018 07:00
Inspiron #3452 - How to boot to Linux USB Drive
I've given up on running Windows10 on this #3452 with a 32GB drive, but I cannot figure out how to boot to a USB drive with Linux Mint on it (created with PenDrive Universal USB Installer). There is no option after pressing F12 for Boot Options to boot to the USB drive. Computer does use a USB mouse, so I know that USB is working.
any advice ?
No Events found!
krooly
4 Posts
0
November 3rd, 2018 13:00
Like 2 weeks ago I had the same problem. You need to turn of secure boot, need to change UEFI to Legacy boot option in BIOS. After that you can boot from USB and make everything working. There are some problems with instaling GRUB for dualboot, but its quite advanced and depends on your configuration - I had intel raid switched on and had to change in BIOS to boot from xhci ... but go step by step and let us know the progress.
ejn63
10 Elder
•
28.6K Posts
0
November 3rd, 2018 12:00
Is the Linux distribution compatible with UEFI and secure boot?
JOcean
9 Legend
•
12.6K Posts
0
November 3rd, 2018 13:00
Not sure if this will help but try the following site.
https://www.linux.com/learn/how-install-linux-windows-machine-uefi-secure-boot
PhilG327
13 Posts
0
November 4th, 2018 15:00
Many thanks for the information. At this point, I will be trying Linux Mint Cinnamon just to see if it can recognize the track pad and wireless card. If it works, I'll wipe the drive and install Linux, but not before. FYI - as far as I can tell, Linux Mint does support UEFI. Wish me luck !
nyc10036
4 Operator
•
5.6K Posts
0
November 4th, 2018 15:00
Personally I would dual boot.
PhilG327
13 Posts
0
November 11th, 2018 08:00
Thank you for the BIOS/Setup information. I was able to boot to the USB drive, but Lubuntu would only boot to a black blank screen. Booted again with Linux Mint Cinnamon v19 on the USB drive and that worked and did recognize the USB mouse and WiFi worked fine with no histrionics. Will not bother with a dual-boot setup as disk space is a major issue. Need to try a full install next. Fingers crossed.
PhilG327
13 Posts
0
November 22nd, 2018 14:00
I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon v19 from USB and am stuck with a new problem now. All I get is a No Bootable Devices message with options for F1, F2 or F5. It appears that the default install has deleted all partitions on the internal eMMC drive and put Mint on it. Is this where it went wrong, or is there some way to repair this now? It does appear that the Mint folders exist on the drive, just something missing to let it boot.
FYI - WiFi seems to work fine, which kind of surprised me.
PhilG327
13 Posts
0
December 1st, 2018 16:00
Thanks again for all the help here. Unfortunately nothing seems to work so we will be replacing this laptop with another brand.