I will search windows, but not being familiar with it I may have difficulty. BTW I managed to boot from a 16.04 flash drive--progress.
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Garrett Bigart <[email protected]> wrote: > Before you install Ubuntu could you check in the settings to see whether it > says activated or not? I might need to do something depending on what that > says. > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > That helps. It is F12 on this system. But USB is not on the list, so I > > have to use a 14.04 CD that I have, rather than the 16.04 flash drive. > But > > for starters, this will help me check the system. > > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:00 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 18:26:56 -0700 > > > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > > > >I figured out how to get to the bios. There is not boot-order option > > > >I am accustomed to--the order is set by properties UEFI/legacy rather > > > >than CD/HD, etc. I set it to legacy, but it still did not boot the > > > >CD. UEFI is disabled as well. I guess I need to explore other > > > >options. Ideas? > > > > > > This will probably not help, but here goes anyway. On my current laptop > > > there are two boot options: one takes you to the BIOS and the other > (F7) > > > gives you a list of devices from which you can select the one to boot > > > to. But this is not a Thinkpad. :( > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
