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I want to use Linux for the first time a requirement for my masters program. I have bought a laptop Lenovo T580 which came installed with Windows 10. My disk partition type is GPT and NTFS file system. I have downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 and created a bootable Ubuntu drive using this instructions.

Upon restarting windows and pressing f12 for boot menu then xlicking usb hdd , nothing happens. The same result with OpenSuse. I really need to install Linux but been cracking my head for two days through the forums but in vain.

What am I not doing right?

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  • I dont have a lenovo T580, but "USB HDD" sounds like a hard disk drive connected over a USB port. Are other boot options listed by your BIOS? – Nick Sillito Aug 12 '18 at 12:25
  • Thats actually the flash drive other boot options listed are: windows bootmanager; ATA HDD0 and PCI LAN – mykey Aug 12 '18 at 12:29
  • Did you make a UFEI format stick. If so is your BIOS in UFEI mode (or if you didnt make a UFEI stick) can you start your BIOS in a non-UFEI mode? – Nick Sillito Aug 12 '18 at 12:39
  • My bios is in UEFI mode... – mykey Aug 12 '18 at 12:49
  • Also ‘usb uefi bios support’ is set to enabled in uefi settings, secure boot disabled; uefi legacy boot is set to ‘both’ – mykey Aug 12 '18 at 13:05

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Finally i have managed to install ubuntu 18.04 on my Thinkpad T580. The issues addressed were as follows; Rufus 3.1 asked to download some syslinux files, these files were placed on ‘rufus files’ folder; i had to copy them back to my bootable ubuntu usb (already created using rufus).

  • enabled secure boot - this automatically disabled legacy boot and the only option is ‘uefi’ only.
  • enabled ‘usb uefi support’
  • disbaled ‘quick’ boot to diagnostic
  • while creating the bootable usb using rufus, i chose GPT partition type - same as my hard disk partition. Flashdrive file system remains default- fat32.
  • also i changed my ‘hp’ flash drive and used ‘sandisk cruzerblade’

This worked flawlessly.

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