[xubuntu-users] Installing Xubuntu on Ideapad

[François P. Rotzinger]

Dear Patrice, Rog, Wiebe, and Jose,

Many thanks for your help! Here is the summary of the outcome:

To boot a (Linux) USB key, one has to put in the "settings": "secure
boot" and "Intel platform technology": disabled, and in "configuration":
storage - controller mode: AHCI mode. The latter damages the windows
partition, and there is a warning, when this change will be applied.

Then, boot with F12 works, and 20.04 installation works fine on this
machine.

The windows partition is no longer bootable, and since I did not buy the
media, I was unable to repair this partition (I do not really need
windows; I wanted to make a dual boot system by curiosity).

So, finally, I also recovered the windows space for Linux.

".ch" is Switzerland.

Best regards,

François


> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 5:54 AM François P. Rotzinger <Am843 at gmx.ch
> <mailto:Am843 at gmx.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     I have bought a Lenovo Ideapad S540 Laptop with Windows 10
>     installed and failed to install Xubuntu.
>
>     The USB key was prepared with dd and I checked on another Laptop
>     that it is bootable.
>
>     When I stop booting with F12 (S540), only the Windows boot device
>     (Windows boot manager) shows up - the USB key is not seen.
>
>     I played also with the BIOS (F2), but was unable to set it up in
>     such a way that the USB key appears with F12. Could you please
>     give me a hint how to boot the USB key. I would like to make a
>     dual-boot system.
>
>     Thanks a lot! Best regards,
>
>     --
>     François P. Rotzinger
>     Chemin des Vignes 20
>     CH-1373 Chavornay
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