Interesting #tech problem: I have a Thinkpad X230 and a keychain full of USB drives. I’ve been trying to install a new distro, but no matter what ISO (Slack, BSD, etc) I try, it fails to boot from the USB anywhere past the initial disk enumeration.
Whatever bootloader the distro uses will load, but the actual installer never starts. Tried multiple USBs and multiple distros. CSM is enabled. Ideas? #Techsupport #linux #thinkpad
@moz
1. disable secure boot
2. install it gnu/Linux distribution
3. make a partition of type "bsd" from Ur gnu/Linux distribution
4. now start the openbsd installer and choose to use existing partition
@srinicame I got Slackware working, had to set the BIOS to Legacy only.
@moz update Ur uefi through the Os with which the lappy was shipped
@srinicame it came with win 10 as a refurb, I nuked it and installed arch day 1 lmao
@srinicame I’m actually gonna try and nuke the UEFI on it and install coreboot to get rid of Intel’s shady bullshit
@moz omg, that really killed this discussion. please do keep us updated on your endeavour
@srinicame will do. this is my random fuckery system so I’m very ready to experiment with it
@moz in case, it missed Ur eyes http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64/README_UEFI.TXT
@srinicame hmm this would’ve been useful when I was installing slackware. Still good to have for reference
@moz somehow try to update Ur uefi. majority of the lappys shipped have incomplete implementation of uefi which they upgrade regularly