Hi,
I had a very good experience with openSUSE on my previous laptop. I now own a HP Elitebook 840 g3 and would like to completely wipe out Windows to run solely openSUSE. However I couldn’t find how to basically setup the BIOS (or UEFI) in order to boot from a pendrive (created with Rufus on Windows). How should I configure the boot options, security, fast boot, etc.? Should I specify anything special when burning the iso on the USB (MBR or GPT)?
Thanks!
Hi
On a HP, F9 for boot options, select boot from efi and then browse to the USB device efi file. Press F10 for BIOS options, set the time to UTC as well if wiping windows.
F9 leads to the Boot Menu. With the USB pendrive connected, I can select:
UEFI - Windows Boot Manager
UEFI N/W - IPV6 Network - Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (3) I219-V
UEFI N/W - IPV4 Network - Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (3) I219-V
Boot from file
I guess Boot from file must be the correct option. There I have five options.
SYSTEM , PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x2,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,...
Windows , PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x2,0x0,0x0)/HD(3,GPT,...
Windows RE tools , PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x2,0x0,0x0)/HD(4,GPT,...
Recovery Image , PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x2,0x0,0x0)/HD(5,GPT,...
HP_TOOLS , PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x2,0x0,0x0)/HD(6,GPT,...
I can’t find the usb pendrive there. I tried both the MBR and GPT partition schemes with Rufus 2.11. Any idea what should be tried next?
Hi
OK, never tried rufus with the openSUSE iso image I’ve alwaysed used imagewriter. Did you check in rufus after you selected the iso image that the option for uefi/gpt was still set?
Else the other way is to boot from say a Tumbleweed rescue system, install imagewriter and have the iso image on the usb device and create to another usb device.
Thanks. I tried all sorts of setting combinations in the UEFI (secure boot or fast boot or legacy or other stuff on and off) with imagewriter, unetbootin, Universal USB installer and rufus but still can’t boot from a pendrive. Any idea?
On Wed 23 Nov 2016 03:16:02 AM CST, dernierrecours wrote:
Thanks. I tried all sorts of setting combinations in the UEFI (secure
boot or fast boot or legacy or other stuff on and off) with imagewriter,
unetbootin, Universal USB installer and rufus but still can’t boot from
a pendrive. Any idea?
Hi
So in the BIOS, legacy USB available? Or does it have USB 2.0 ports?
Is there a CSM mode in the BIOS, or pure UEFI?
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Don’t think rufus works here are instruction follow them
https://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick
Personally I use cp to the device (not a partition) this works fine
Hi,
@gogalthorp](https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/37208-gogalthorp) I just tried but still couldn’t find the drive.
Can’t find anything related to CSM. There are things about USB in the Port options. (images available for 30 days)
https://framapic.org/9ooZcJZWZXmK/kLHxplBPBGbH.jpg
Secure boot: I’ve got three options.
https://framapic.org/s44l1Xu2BGPR/vyIT8i7gR1ks.jpg
And boot options. Here are the default options.
Disable fast boot
You probably don’t need PXE boot but it should not hurt
Are you sure F9 is the boot menu selection. Different machines have different hot keys and above is not a boot menu
Hi
Yes…
@OP, what is further down the page on the last screen shot?
Still not there with Fast boot and Network (PXE) Boot disabled.
Here is the screenshot of what is below.
Hi
And it’s set to Legacy Support Disable and Secure Boot Enable? When you first booted, did it ask about the openSUSE secure boot key? Also try disabling the MS UEFI CA Key.
In the last shot how do you get the UEFI Boot Order selectable?
Yes, set to Legacy Support Disable and Secure Boot Enable. I’ve tried all the options.
Nothing happens when I plug in the USB drive. Maybe I’m not looking at the right place. With F9, I get the five options listed in a previous post in this thread: no USB.
I disabled the MS UEFI CA Key, but still can’t find the pendrive.
When I click on STATA2: and USB:, I can change the order. I’ve put USB: first, without any success.
Hi
All very strange… so the iso image sha256 sum checked out ok? I’m assuming you used another system to use imagewriter? If so your usb device with the tumbleweed image boots from this system?
On Wed 23 Nov 2016 05:26:02 AM CST, malcolmlewis wrote:
Hi
All very strange… so the iso image sha256 sum checked out ok? I’m
assuming you used another system to use imagewriter? If so your usb
device with the tumbleweed image boots from this system?
Also, when did you download the Tumbleweed image? I wonder if you
downloaded the latest one it may be different…
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I have now downloaded Leap 42.2 and burned it on the pendrive with another Linux computer with the dd command. I tested it on that computer (an old non-UEFI) and it works fine. But no luck with the new one. Maybe I’m looking for the pendrive at the wrong place. On boot, I hit F9. I get this.
https://framapic.org/5KyraZEiSYW1/CIxb1LicGPbH.jpg
Then I select Boot from file. I get this - no USB drive.
Hi
OK, on the other computer, can you use imagewriter?
I wonder if the USB device your writing the image to needs a cleanout… I use wipefs -a on the usb device partitions and then on the device it’s self. I way also pay to run gdisk over the device;
gdisk /dev/sdX
w
Just to ensure it is gpt, then check the download iso via;
fdisk -l <your_image>.iso
It should show two partitions one being an efi one.
Then use image writer [preferred] or dd to copy the image over.
Are there any BIOS updates for the system?
Hi,
I did what you proposed, except using imagewriter, which is not available on Ubuntu (the OS of the other linux machine). I’m still stucked. Anyways I ran a diagnostic in the BIOS and both USB ports failed the test. I will contact HP and will try again later.
Thanks a lot for your time.
Hi,
I have reset to UEFI to factory defaults and used another drive. 20 minutes later openSUSE is installed. You got it right: hardware problem! Thanks a lot!