[ISSUE] Fails to boot live USB to install Void Linux

[ISSUE] Fails to boot live USB to install Void Linux

[henrikstroem]

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New issue by henrikstroem on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/30181

Description:
The base image (also tried with several of the flavor images) cannot boot the live image for installation on Lenovo Thinkpad T450. The machine can boot other Linux distros: Alpine, PopOS, Ubuntu, Artix, Arch, and anything else I have tried.

### Expected behavior
Pressing F12 at boot shows the boot menu; selecting the USB stick should boot the live image.

### Actual behavior
- After selecting the USB stick in the boot menu, the screen goes black, and the Lenovo logo appears (as when the power comes on).
- After a few seconds, the screen goes black again, and then the Lenovo logo reappears.
- After a few seconds, the grub menu of the previously installed OS appears.

### Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Download image https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/live/current/void-live-x86_64-20210218.iso
- Follow instructions to write USB: dd bs=4M if=void-live-x86_64-20210218.iso of=/dev/sdb
- Insert USB into Lenovo T450 and turn on
- Press F12 to enter the boot menu
- Select the USB stick

Re: Fails to boot live USB to install Void Linux

[ericonr]

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New comment by ericonr on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/30181#issuecomment-828378435

Comment:
Is it a UEFI machine? I think we don't work with strict UEFI systems (or something to that effect).

Re: Fails to boot live USB to install Void Linux

[henrikstroem]

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New comment by henrikstroem on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/30181#issuecomment-829151537

Comment:
The machine supports the following modes:

- UEFI
- UEFI + Legacy
- Legacy Only

Based on the comment from @ericonr I tried to set the machine to Legacy Only - that solved the problem.
Thanks a lot.

Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] Fails to boot live USB to install Void Linux

[henrikstroem]

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Closed issue by henrikstroem on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/30181

Description:
The base image (also tried with several of the flavor images) cannot boot the live image for installation on Lenovo Thinkpad T450. The machine can boot other Linux distros: Alpine, PopOS, Ubuntu, Artix, Arch, and anything else I have tried.

### Expected behavior
Pressing F12 at boot shows the boot menu; selecting the USB stick should boot the live image.

### Actual behavior
- After selecting the USB stick in the boot menu, the screen goes black, and the Lenovo logo appears (as when the power comes on).
- After a few seconds, the screen goes black again, and then the Lenovo logo reappears.
- After a few seconds, the grub menu of the previously installed OS appears.

### Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Download image https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/live/current/void-live-x86_64-20210218.iso
- Follow instructions to write USB: dd bs=4M if=void-live-x86_64-20210218.iso of=/dev/sdb
- Insert USB into Lenovo T450 and turn on
- Press F12 to enter the boot menu
- Select the USB stick