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ASUS Notebook(UEFI) won't detect Linux Lite live USB
#1
Hello everybody, I'm new around here but I'm not new to LL. I have used LL a lot, I have installed on several computers(I put it on my Mom's desktop along with Windows 7 and she never looked back Big Grin), overall I think is a great Linux distro(imo). Enough with the introduction, I'm here because I'm having problem with my ASUS notebook (It came with windows 8.1). I can boot and have successfully being able to install Ubuntu, xubuntu,lubuntu, Mint on it(not all of them at the same time) but for reason I can't even manage to boot LL. from a USB. I really like this OS.(as I mentioned above) and it is driving me nuts the fact that I can't even boot it from a live USB. I have a 5 years old HP-Pavilion dv7 and it just works, it's insane that I can't accomplish the same thing with my less than a year old notebook. Any help would be appreciated! Smile 
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#2
Are you still running windows on it? If not, go into bios and disable all the crapware windows forces people to use, secure boot, uefi. LL is not UEFI friendly.
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#3
Jerry,
Yes I'm but I could not get the USB to boot even with a virgin hard drive (yes I even erased my entire windows installation and formatted my hard drive for LL). Right now I do have W8.1 installed on the notebook since I used a lot for school, work and on the go stuff. I've disabled secure boot and fast boot on my bios but I can't find the option to disable uefi and boot into legacy mood. Asus X200M, I'm kinda desperate at this point Sad,
thanks for replying btw
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#4
Look in the bios under Boot, and look for a reference to CSM or similar, enable it. Also disable the windows boot manager.
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#5
Sometimes the screens have slightly different names

If it helps.? On my HP Laptop BIOS I had to:

On Security Screen I have = DISABLE Secure Boot and also ENABLE Legacy
On Boot Order Screen I have = Moved the USB DISK/DEVICE above the Primary Disk

Dave
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#6
I found it!
I needed to disable Windows Boot manager  :Smile. Anyways, I decided to leave W8.1 Pro in the ASUS notebook and installed Linux Lite on my HP Pavilion(I erased Windows and installed LL alone). Now I can enjoy LL on a bigger screen (17") and still have Windows around on the 11" Notebook when need it(ASUS notebook is touchscreen so it's a plus when using Windows 8.1, can't wait to install 10 on it tho)  ;D
Thanks for trying to help, I will stick around this awesome forum.

LONG LIVE LINUX LITE!!!
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#7
Hello!

There are folks here that have found a way to make LL 'play nice' in a UEFI environment. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them.

I AM getting to a point where I can take another look at it, so that may change here. Right now, I'm trying to find the latest version of a Lubuntu kernel that still upports my HP Compaq nc6320's built-in Bluetooth adapter. The newer kernels seem to have broken it...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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