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NCLUGers,<br>
<br>
Santa brought me a new <a
href="https://www.costco.com/lenovo-ideapad-5x-14-2-in-1-touchscreen-laptop-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-oled-1920-x-1200-windows-11-copilot+-pc.product.4000305603.html">Lenovo
Ideapad 5x 14" Touchscreen Laptop</a>. Santa's buying points at
CostCO were:<br>
<ul>
<li>$150 off the regular price till Dec 25</li>
<li>90 day return for any reason if I don't like it (doesn't do
Linux well).<br>
</li>
<li>2yr warranty</li>
</ul>
<br>
I have been using Linux on my desktops/laptops since Softlanding
Linux System (SLS) in about 1993. I haven't touched any Windows
since about Windows 95 in 2000. I'm working on a desktop
application that I want to eventually work on Linux, Windows, and
MacOS. Therefore, I've decided to maybe dual boot this laptop so I
can play with and test the future Windows version of my app. Of
course the default boot OS will be Linux. I can go into the boot
menu if I want Windoz.<br>
<br>
I decided to try Debian Live (debian-live-12.8.0-amd64-mate.iso) on
a USB stick to see how it will run on the new hardware. Then, if
good I can maybe use the included Calamares installer to install. I
just dd'd that image to the thumb drive so it's in iso9660 format.
Linux has no problem mounting it. <br>
<br>
Now's where the complications are occurring for this old-timer:<br>
<ul>
<li>Boot from USB: I got into the boot menu (F12) and it doesn't
see the drive. I found the BIOS menu (F2) and it says USB Boot
is Enabled.</li>
<li>In BIOS turned off secure boot but wouldn't boot without a 48
did get BitLocker recovery key. I turned secure boot turned
back on.</li>
<li>In Windoz turned off BitLocker and decrypted the disk.
Re-entered BIOS and turned off secure boot again. This time it
doesn't complain about recovery key at all but the Boot menu
still doesn't see the USB disk.</li>
</ul>
<br>
Could this be because it's in the iso format? Windoz Disk
Management tool says it's "29.30 GB RAW; Healthy (Active, Primary
Partition)" whatever that means.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions appreciated!<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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