Re: [opensuse] Leap 15.0 live - Legacy boot from USB and DVD ??

Hi, Thanx for prompt answer. See my reply inline. On 04/24/2018 01:14 PM, Liam Proven wrote:

On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:39:04 +0000 Radule Šoškić wrote:

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Hi,

I tried to boot my old Lenovo R61 to Leap 15.0 live, from USB and from DVD, but it didn't work.

Both L15 media boot my other computers ok, and other bootable media boot my Lenovo fine.

What other OSes have you tried? What is it currently running?

I tried what I had at hand - Kali Linux, Tails... I also have one multi boot USB capable of booting from a number of ISO files - they all boot fine. This R61 currently runs OpenSUSE 42.3 (after a loong sequence of previous OpenSUSE upgrades). I never had issues with OS on this laptop before.

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I am thinking of EFI. My R61 has no EFI. I wander if L15 doesn't support boot on legacy BIOS machines? Is there anybody on list to confirm or oppose this?

It should work fine.

I see from another post (from Carlos). It's good news. I was afraid that the support for legacy had gone.

In cases of odd boot problems, my advice is always to check that the machine's firmware is current.

The machine is no longer listed on the Lenovo support database, but from searching, I think 2.30 is the latest version.

There are multiple models of R61 depending on screen size (14" or 15") and other factors such as whether it has Firewire. You need to know which *exact* model you have.

There's a list here:

https://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/solutions/HT001310

Thank you. For the moment, I'll try with another USB drive. I hope it's not a compatibility issue yet.

Additionally there seems to be some corruption on the end of your email:

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I've noticed that. I can't figure out what to do to get rid of it. There is no easy way to experiment, since it only happens on this mailing list. It started some time ago, when I had to switch to DAVmail Gateway for MS Exchange connectivity. I've seen it here with other people's posts too. Best regards, RS