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Not to turn this into a support thread but this weekend I tried to install Arch on a new, UEFI-enabled laptop and I've been stymied so far because I can't get t
by jonnypickel 9y ago
Not to turn this into a support thread but this weekend I tried to install Arch on a new, UEFI-enabled laptop and I've been stymied so far because I can't get the laptop to recognize my Live USB. I've built it with Rufus, dd for Windows, and Easy2Boot all with the same result (no bootable device) even though it works on another machine. Could it be because I created the USB on a PC using UEFI?
- majewsky 9y agoHuh? I just `dd` the official image onto a USB drive and it works 100% of the time, with various UEFI-using machines. (Except for that one Gigabyte mainboard which I returned upon finding out that its v1 firmware will only boot Windows 8.1. Not even Windows 8.0. There was a firmware update that fixed the issue, but without a bootable OS, applying it is a chicken-and-egg problem.)
- jonnypickel 9y agoWell then, I guess my problem likely lies elsewhere. Thanks for the reply. :) And that has to be the strangest "feature" I've ever heard of from a hardware firm. Was it maybe purpose-built for a bulk order of machines that were going to be pre-loaded with Win8?