Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Debian 9.6 on Lenovo Ideapad 120S notebook

Here are the steps to get Debian running on Lenovo Ideapad 120S:

Create USB installation stick from Debian ISO image:
- download on host debianxxx.iso
# cp debianxxx.iso /dev/sdb                                login as root
# sync

On 120S press F2 during boot to enter UEFI
On 120S in UEFI secure boot disable
On 120S DO NOT enable BIOS compatiblity mode, stay UEFI !


F12 to boot USB stick with Debian in UEFI mode NOT old BIOS.

the installation calls ATH10K-xxxxxx, these files are NOT needed, do not try and load them.

I selected the Debian default desktop.  The installation went real fine, need to add VIM and a few things using apt-get.

This makes for a great Debian notebook !

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