Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: T470-w10+Tumbleweed/Slowroll Message-ID : <20240122075615.3fc36223bbca7f0802c5593b@trixtar.org> Date & Time: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:56:15 -0500 [BTF] == "Ben T. Fender" <slowroller@trixtar.org> has written: BTF> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:28:50 +0900 BTF> Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> : [...] MN> > Question 1 MN> > MN> > What is your current boot method? UEFI boot or Legacy boot? BTF> It's "Both" [UEFI first] MN> > Question 2 MN> > MN> > In the bios, does the USB HDD appear in the list of bootable MN> > devices? BTF> It appears properly identified as the correct disk model and size. In BTF> the case of a Leagacy external sata ssd the boot the BTF> Select-Alternative-Boot menu just bounces back. The net is FULL of BTF> simlar complaints but I have found no fix so far. BTF> Secure-Boot is disabled. BTF> I booted the Tumbleweed install DVD in a usb port of the laptop BTF> and installed TW to a sata ssd plugged into another usb port. Under BTF> booting I had grub2-EFI specified. This disk won't boot either in the BTF> T470, slows down the appearance of boot menus to 5 minutes for a menu BTF> to appear! When I eventually select the otherwise properly identified BTF> ssd the next step also takes forever but eventually the selection menu BTF> comes back on exactly as it does in the case of a Legacy disk above BTF> (except it takes MUCH longer). BTF> To be continued, I'm trading the T470 in for one with 1tb ssd (seeing BTF> that I may have to forget about just plugging a 2.5" sata ssd into a BTF> usb or thunderbolt port the same way that I can do with my entirely BTF> Linux desktop). You've got the bios's problem. Google showed this site; https://www.infofuge.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t470-boot-from-usb-for-linux-and-wi... According to this, USB booting is not possible unless Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Boot from USB using Rufus is installed. The link to rufus-3.4.exe on this site is broken, but you can find it at; https://www.filehorse.com/download-rufus/37646/download/ Good Luck & Best Regards, --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "In his book Survival of the Richest, media theorist Douglass Rushkoff describes meeting with a group of billionaire preppers who bombarded him with questions about how best to configure their bunkers to survive the end times." -- Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound --