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by gbWilly
Wednesday 17th May 2023 12:29pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

I haven't checked for BIOS update.
Don't have the system here, but at a friends.
I'll try checking that when I'm at his place.
by gbWilly
Tuesday 16th May 2023 4:47pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

Next I tried the BruceSteers option Booted in Windows, started Rufus and wrote iso to USB: Used the options: - Partition scheme: MBR - Target system: BIOS (or UEFI-CSM) - File system: FAT32 (Default) - Cluster size: 4096 bytes (Default) I think it needs to be GPT not MBR I only have the MBR option ...
by gbWilly
Tuesday 16th May 2023 12:13pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

Well I am sitting in front of one of those Lenovo Thinkbooks right now. Its a few months old and I recall that I had to perform some incantations before it would shut up and install linux from a USB. Seriously IIRC. You have to both disable secure boot, enable USB boot and format the total, entire ...
by gbWilly
Tuesday 16th May 2023 12:08pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

Are we there yet ? ;) Nope we are not. Let me first say what I have done, even before posting this question : In BIOS: 1. Enabled booting from USB 2. Disabled secure boot This in theory should allow me to boot from USB, but the boot menu only shows the harddrive with Windows, no USB. No boot from U...
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 7:41pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Re: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

It seems to be a Windows application.
I'm not running any Windows, just Linux.

Except of course for the Lenovo, that runs Windows.
I'll give it a try, see what happens.
I guess it is a matter of pointing the linux iso to the proper usb and make sure UEFI boot is possible.

Thanks.
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 7:35pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI
Replies: 6
Views: 7228

Re: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI

Thanks, that worked smoothly and the IDE now works as should.
Good to know.
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 4:26pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux
Replies: 18
Views: 17309

Lenovo Thinkbook issues installing Linux

Hi All, A friend of mine recently bought a Linovo Thinkbook and asked me if I could install it with linux. Once in the BIOS I noticed there was only UEFI boot, no legacy boot. I enabled the option to boot from USB, but the USB doesn't show in the boot menu as an option to boot from. After some onlin...
by gbWilly
Thursday 11th May 2023 4:15pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI
Replies: 6
Views: 7228

Re: Linux Mint Users - Upgrade to 21.1 Vera - FYI

Have you tried using the IDE the old way? (using QT instead of gtk3) , it might fix the problem. i have no problems with procedure collapsing the way i do it, but maybe you do it differently as there are probably different ways. I have expierienced trouble with the IDe as well in more recent versio...
by gbWilly
Saturday 16th July 2022 1:13pm
Forum: Web
Topic: gb.web on a server
Replies: 11
Views: 11327

Re: gb.web on a server

BruceSteers wrote: ↑ Wednesday 13th July 2022 12:35pm Can anyone tell me why if i make a link and point it to my gambas cgi app when clicking it all it does is download the cgi not run it? TIA Bruce Never mind I figured it out :) I now have gb.web things working :) Hi Bruce, could you explain why i...
by gbWilly
Sunday 10th July 2022 2:37pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Renting a VPS
Replies: 7
Views: 12103

Re: Renting a VPS

Thanks for the info Cogier. The cost for me is about $6.00 a month for a "droplet" (£5.00), this depends on usage As I understand a 'droplet' is a VPS. They advertise with fixed amounts, so how does usage influence your cost? Do you have full root access to your VPS 'droplet' so you can in...