On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 05:05, Paul M. Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/15/21 9:18 PM, Damjan Georgievski wrote: > >> Well, I created this USB stick with dd. I used the basic ISO available > >> on the Arch download mirrors. I'm assuming from what you say that a > >> stick built from dd wouldn't satisfy what you're saying. If that's the > >> case, how do you prepare a USB stick as a UEFI device, and then how > >> would you then copy the ISO to it properly? > > dd of the official .iso should be fine > > > > make sure to disable legacy booting in BIOS (also CSM disabled). > > > > > I can't find a setting for this in the BIOS. There is no mention of > UEFI, and I suspect that the BIOS assumed all boots were MBR. Which is > what drove my original question: should I give up on trying to work with > this old motherboard? Or is there some workaround? According to this screenshot, there is UEFI support https://lv.wayzata-homestead-harvest.com/130167-spectre-meltdown-lenovo-m800-bios-VTNDUO-article -- damjan
