[PLUG] Installing linux on HP laptop

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2025, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> I  think it's just pressing F9 during boot to get the boot menu on these.

Ted,

I found an HP web page on changing boot order. The page said it could be F2,
F6, or F10 depending on the model. The model number is identified by
entering both serial and product numbers.

In my case it's F10. The laptop lacks separate function keys; they're
associated with the number keys and it took a while to figure out whether I
need to press the Fn key + number key or only the number key. I got into the
BIOS/UEFI setup page but don't recall which key(s) I used.

Changed the boot order by moving the `OS boot manager' default down below
USB Flash drive and USB optical drive, but it still boots into Windows. The
OS boot manager line has a right-pointing solid arrow in front and I haven't
found how to move that to the USB flash drive line nor wether that matters.

Rich