[Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook

[Dave Cridland]

If it's only giving you UEFI boot options, then try inserting the USB stick
first, then booting and entering BIOS and futzing about to find the USB
drive.

Otherwise, you're really into the domain of mucking about with the drive in
another machine (or at least, enclosure).

Where are you based? It might be worth popping along to a LUG meet and
distracting people from the beer/food with actual Linux.

Dave.

On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 17:24, Peter Bradley via Swlug <
swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> I have a reasonably new ASUS Vivobook with Windows 11 installed. I would
> really like to get rid of Windows 11 and install a Linux distribution
> instead.
>
> I've downloaded Ubuntu onto a memory stick, but can't get any further
> because I can't find any way to alter the boot order. The BIOS  screen
> appears when I repeatedly hit Esc on startup, but as far as I can see
> there is no option to allow the machine to look for a USB stick before
> it boots from the hard drive. Searching the internet came up with any
> number of suggestions, but none of them works for me as the options they
> mention don't appear on my BIOS screen.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the option to boot from USB, or any
> other way of getting Linux installed on  this machine?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Peter
>
>
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