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Even with it disabled sometimes you're still locked into this UEFI mess that I certainly didn't order. I love my thinkpad p1 g3 more than most laptops but I mi
by loxias 3y ago
Even with it disabled sometimes you're still locked into this UEFI mess that I certainly didn't order.
I love my thinkpad p1 g3 more than most laptops but I miss having a simple BIOS. Stupid thing can't boot off normal USB keys like I've been making for decades.
- Isthatablackgsd 3y agoYou can boot usb from UEFI. The only tool that I found is best to handle is Rufus. I used it to clean install my Windows through UEFI. Even Linux Live USB works. BalenaEtcher gives me problems, Rufus does it well for me. Also I remember there is a setting in UEFI to allow booting from USB.
- loxias 3y agoIt's possible, I've done it, it just involved a lot more steps. Simpler when I can `fdisk && mkfs && debootstrap` to make a key. Plus then I need to keep two bootable usb keys, I think... it's just... "Who ordered this??"
- JoBrad 3y agoI’ve never had a problem booting from USB with UEFI.
- jeroenhd 3y agoStrange, I have that laptop model and booting off USB drives works just fine for me (GPT+1 giant FAT32 partition+the UEFI capable ISO just extracted onto the disk). Maybe update the firmware? It could also be some kind of weird compatibility issue with specific USB drives, I wouldn't know. Lenovo also recently released a CVE fix, possibly even for this vulnerability, so you may want to check for firmware updates regardless!