On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's been years since I last needed to install linux on a windows laptop. > If > you're familiar with the HP laptop, model #E327511 I am not able to find any info on this model using this model number. also, this does not follow the pattern of HP model numbers I'm used to seeing, so I wonder if there could be a different model number on there somewhere. > I need your advice on > booting it with my Slackware64-15.0 boot USB. I'm waiting now for it to do > its windows updates and hope to then find how to access the BIOS or UEFI as > soon as I turn it on so I can change the boot device order. > based on your later posts, I suspect that what you need is the "boot menu" key rather than changing the boot order in bios. HP has never been particularly consistent with their option keys at boot time (as opposed to dell, where the bios key has mostly been f2 from day one, and once they started having boot menus, it's mostly been f12 since day one). HP seems to be a fan of using the escape key during boot to present an overall boot options menu, that may be worth a try. -wes
