[plug] Installfest/Linux on Windows 10 Lenovo Yoga 310

[Bill Kenworthy]

Not sure if you mean the same thing, but some bios's have a number of
legacy modes for various settings.  Check USB and storage settings.


BillK



On 8/1/19 1:14 pm, Nicholas Lloyd wrote:
> Hi Didi,
>
> Have you tried booting into legacy BIOS mode?
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029503/unable-to-install-ubuntu-on-lenovo-yoga-310
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nic
>
>  
>
> On 8/01/2019 12:54 pm, Richard Jones wrote:
>> I've been looking out for a (used) replacement laptop and found that
>> while Lenovo is mostly fine for linux, the Yoga ones are often badly
>> nobbled, so I don't even consider them even though there may be
>> exceptions.
>>
>> Obviously that doesn't help but I _think_ that I remember being
>> surprised at someone (here?) mentioning installing without major
>> trouble on a Yoga. Hopefully someone here can come to your rescue.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On 8/1/19 12:20 pm, Didi Mudigdo wrote:
>>> Hi there, and Happy New Year!
>>>
>>> I was wondering if PLUG has an upcoming 'installfest' event?
>>>
>>> I have installed and used various Linux flavours on various Windows
>>> 7/Chromebook machines (Joli, Puppy, Lubuntu, Bodhi, Ubuntu,
>>> Gallium), but installing Linux on my recently-acquired Windows 10
>>> laptop (Lenovo Yoga 310
>>> <https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-300-series/Lenovo-YOGA-310-11IAP/p/88YG3000736>)
>>> has got me stumped.
>>>
>>> I have followed instructions from various forums off the 'net, but
>>> none of the procedures seem to work (when I boot off a Linux boot
>>> USB, the laptop just freezes to a prompt and nothing happens).
>>>
>>> I think it would be best if someone more experienced was watching
>>> over me while I did it, to see what I'm doing wrong.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and best regards,
>>>
>>> Didi Mudigdo
>>> github.com/dmudigdo <http://github.com/dmudigdo>
>>>
>>>
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