Re: installing on Lenovo Ideapad 3

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

On 3/29/2022 8:44 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 07:35:46AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Having done many Debian installs I am now trying to install on a new Lenovo
> > IdeaPad 3.
> >
> > I have disabled Trusted Platform Module and Secure Boot.
> >
> > I used Balena Etcher to install a Debian iso to a USB stick.
> >
> > Rather than a boot order that IdeaPad allows enabling USB and two network
> > options for booting.  USB has been enable for all of my many attempts.
> >
> > TIA for any ideas on how to solve and/or diagnose this.
> You don't quite describe the problem you have. So I'll try a
> shot in the dark.


I did forget to mention that the USB stick was ignored.

> I remember that the Lenovos have a "boot menu" where you can
> choose the device to boot from which is separate from the
> BIOS setup.
>
> Try holding F12 while booting.

Thank you!  I hadn't seen documentation for the F12 boot menu.

Now the install starts!

Unfortunately now the install doesn't detect an Ethernet card and gives 
me a long list of driver choices and I will have to figure out which one 
this laptop needs.

Thanks again,

Paul