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Frugal install on new laptop (UEFI-BIOS trouble?)
YoupMelon:
Ok, thanks.
If I don't see an EFI folder on the USB, does that mean it is not EFI-ready?
Juanito:
affirmative
YoupMelon:
Ok. Thanks for all the responses so far!
The procedure for grub2 from the forum gave some error messages. Will try again later.
But one more thing I tried is this:
I used the same installer that I used to turn the Ubuntu iso to a bootable USB, and turned the CorePlus64.iso (8.2) into a bootable USB with that.
Now, because TC is a bit special with tce and so on, I didn't expect this to work perfectly, but, the USB did have an EFI folder, and that looked very much like the Ubuntu-USB.
Result: the BIOS still refuses to show that USB as top-Boot-option.
My hunch is: there is still some security thing in the hardware/BIOS that doesn't trust the TC USB enough, at least not the same way as it does the Ubuntu USB.
Is my hunch correct?
Or could there be something else going on?
pq5190362:
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 06:29:48 AM ---a new HP laptop (Celeron)
--- End quote ---
I wonder how you expect anyone to be able to help you properly if you do not specify what model it is exactly. And I also wonder why nobody has asked this question up until now.
What is the exact model number/model name of the laptop?
What firmware (UEFI/BIOS) version is installed? Have you installed the latest firmware already (i.e. "BIOS/UEFI update")?
How have you configured the firmware? You already said you disabled Secure Boot? What else have you configured? Have you also disabled Fastboot? And what about the legacy OpROMs?
Also, you mentioned the boot order in the firmware would not be applied correctly. Can you post a screenshot of how you have configured the boot order?
Also:
How did you create the USB stick exactly?
YoupMelon:
Some data:
HP Notebook, 14-bp0xx
Celeron N3060 1.60 GHz, 4GB
Bios vendor Insyde, version F.09
There is no fastboot option (as far as I can see)
USB Boot: <enabled>
Network Boot: <disabled>
Legacy support: <enabled>
Secure Boot: <disabled>
(How can pictures be added, on this forum?)
The USBs were all created on a different, rather old Windows machine.
The Ubuntu USB was created with Universal-USB-Installer.
The TinyCore USB I originally created was done with core2usb.
The CorePure64 USB from my 'experiment' was with Universal-USB-Installer.
Is this information helpful to you?
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