On Wed, 2023-10-04 at 13:38 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/04/2023 01:28 PM, Go Canes wrote:
> If I understand correctly, on the same laptop:
> - you can boot off the hard drive and then download the iso file.
> You
> can then insert the USB flash drive and copy the iso to the flash
> drive using dd.
> - the flash drive passes the checksum test
No! The laptop has a new, unformatted hard drive because the old one
is
dead. When I picked up my laptop after the brain transplant (I don't
do
hardware. Ever.) I used my desktop to create the drive off of an
.iso
that I downloaded from the Fedora Project, and the download passed
the
checksum test. And,if I try to boot off of that drive on my desktop,
it
fails in the exact same way. Add to that the fact that the flash
drive
is new, and you've got the idea.
Unless I missed it, I don't think you've mentioned the laptop brand and
model, which might give a clue to someone reading this.
Also, and sorry to be obvious, but have you checked the laptop
manufacturer's website for BIOS documentation (often under Support)?
That should tell you what the magic key combo is to get to the BIOS
menu, which in turn will let you configure what boot device to use.
As a last resort, try just holding down the DEL key while restarting.
That works on some models. Other might use F11, F12 etc. so it's a
toss-up.
poc