Unable to install via bootable USB
Hi, I am new to Linux and testing it out on my old laptop before doing it on my desktop - I am using a HP ProBook Laptop and the bazzite-stable.iso
I am not sure if I am flashing the USB correctly as the initial setup guide simply says "Flash Bazzite to your bootable medium."
When I flash the drive using Rufus and try to boot via it on the laptop (via "Boot from EFI File" option) - there is no option showing up
I've tried partition scheme "MBR" with target system "BIOs or UEFI" and "GPT" with target set to "UEFI (non CSM)"
I also tried file system "Large FAT32" and "NTFS"
Does anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
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I'm running Bazzite on the HP ProBook 450 G5, it's working very well. You might need to disable secure boot. If that still fails to pick up, try Fedora Media Writer (it works on Windows too which was new to me) or Ventoy.
Secure boot is off (it seems to have always been off), I checked that when I went in to disable CSM - I will try the Fedora Media Writer
Fedora media writer seems to produce the same problem - the usb doesn't appear to have any data on it when trying to boot from it
oh I just tried changing the boot method from UEFI (Non CSM) to Legacy and it is now showing up - Im unsure if "Legacy" is correct but atleast I can see the usb
You don't want to install using legacy boot though
Ah okay... There must be something else then, if I had the method correct - why would the usb not display?
After seeing the difference between legacy and uefi - it seems like the ufi file option isn't the usb, as when legacy is set the usb shows up as a separate option
I'm writing an iso using Fedora Media Writer and seeing if I can simulate. I used Ventoy when I installed and I selected GPT for partition style
I'll try this as well but I did try GPT in Rufus also
I'm getting the EUFI option for the flash drive (with Fedora Media Writer). Is fast boot disabled in the bios?
Fast boot is enabled, I swear I disabled it, it might have reset when I changed to legacy
I'll try again with fedora media writer and turn it off
Change back to UEFI and disable that and you should be good 😂
Thank you, I'll let you know once it's finished writing - I used ventoy but I'm not sure how to add the iso, so I'm trying with fedora media writer again
Oh with ventoy you don't need to explicitly add the iso... you just copy iso files over on to the flash drive as is. So you can boot Windows 10/11, Bazzite, Mint etc all on one drive
Oh that sounds handy
It's very handy one USB for all your booting needs
Doesn't seem to be working like this
The bios version is quite old - would that have any effect?
Maybe try a different USB?
All the config look right
Okay I will try that tomorrow
:Sadge: Same issue using a different USB
Is there any setup I might be missing? I am trying to replace the os on the drive in the laptop - not trying to dual boot or anything
i have had some weird issues like this in some laptops, not sure if it will work on your laptop but
go into the uefi boot menu, plug in the usb
ctrl+alt+delete
go back to the uefi boot menu (also try different usb ports if you can)
not anything else i can suggest sadly other than rip the drive out, install through a VM or different computer and put the drive back
thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't help. I'm not sure if I can put the drive into my pc or not - will have to see, though this isn't giving me loads of confidence to do this on my main pc 😬
Yeah don't do that then 😅 this is one of the reasons I hate laptops
I do have a spare sata cable laying around, I might try do what you suggest with using my pc to install it - though Im not sure the process for that
I just checked and removing the drive from the laptop is fairy easy too
Don't remember the process of doing it with virtualbox on windows but I remember you did it through a vmdk pointing to a physical drive.
On qemu in Linux it's easy