I have not tried a USB drive yet.
On 10/15/25 8:09 PM, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM Maureen L Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:
It is a cd and 0ne of a set of 3 to install linux debian. It has
UEFI for sure. I can use my computer to put disk one on a usb
drive. Or maybe it would be better if I bought one.
Please do not top post as the list czars will start to throw a fit.
If it has UEFI it can not be that old then. I would try booting from
Live CD (KDE / GNOME) If you can get the live CD to boot and all the
hardware works you can install Debian from the live environment.
Is the USB you are trying to boot from a USB CD/DVD drive or a USB
Thumb Drive?
Tim
On 10/15/25 7:54 PM, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM Maureen L Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:
A friend of mine bought a refurbished computer. It is an all
in one ThinkCenter by Lenova. I have changed settings in the
CMOS so that the USB would show up first. Nothing that I
have done works. It just says no files to load and I tried
many times. It is an older computer and it weights a ton.
Can anyone tell me how to get Linux on this machine. Since I
did not buy this one I have no idea what is inside of it.
Hope some knows how to get around this problem.
Which installer are you trying to use (DVD/Live)? Does the PC
have BIOS or UEFI? Have you tried booting from CD/DVD? Some older
computers do not properly boot from USB.
Tim
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