My stupid Lenovo “Thinkpad” UEFI doesnt have a real F12 devices menu.

It just shows registered UEFI targets that can be booted.

This is pretty catastrophic, somehow I got Fedora and Windows installed, but thats it. If something breaks, I am in trouble. I cant do a memtest86 even though I think my RAM is faulty.

So in Linux, is there a way to add an UEFI entry to boot just any USB stick? Or to boot a specific one, like with Ventoy on it?

Thanks!

  • beirdobaggins@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    It sounds like you got it working-ish.

    One thing you might be running into is having hiberboot (AKA fast startup)enabled in windows. Instead of shutting down it hibernates when you choose “shutdown”.

    If it is in the hibernated state instead of actually shutdown. You won’t be able to choose a different boot option.

    Here is some info on how to turn it off. https://www.elevenforum.com/t/turn-on-or-off-fast-startup-in-windows-11.1212/

    • Pantherina@feddit.deOP
      2·
      8 months ago

      No that is off, I really have no problems with Windows not shutting down.

      But now I actually have an UEFI+legacy boot menu, listing my entries AND drives!