The original post: /r/debian by /u/V3lv3T88 on 2025-02-21 11:58:15.
Hi, i’m completely new to Linux and Debian, andI want to start playing around with Debian on my unused laptop before turning my old PC into a mediacenter with it and moving over all my files.
I’m running into an issue though, it probably has more to do with my laptop than Debian but here it goes:
No matter which BIOS setting I try it won’t recognize and boot to the USB stick i made with Rufus.
I used these settings:
My PC will boot to it without any issues at all.
It is UEFI and secure boot is turned on.
On my laptop i have tried with secure boot on and off. I have tried uefi and legacy, and i tried partition scheme MBR as well in RUFUS.
To be fair, a non-hp windows installation on this laptop also gave me issues, which is why i need to go to windows through legacy.
With secure boot turned off, i can also manage to boot into a live Tails USB i made to test.
Anybody have any idea why this HP bios is so fiddly and difficult, but more importantly how i can get into the debian installer?