Rufus Boot Legacy
Destini Armstrong
I recently rebuilt my PC (new case and cooling), and in the process I formatted both SSDs in it through GParted Live to "msdos" (which I took to mean MBR) partition scheme, both with no allocated space. One of them had a working Windows 10 installation, but I wanted to do a clean install.
My motherboard is an ASUS P6X58D Premium, which doesn't have UEFI. I cannot get it to boot the Windows 10 installer in legacy mode. There are no Secure Boot or other related options, and the boot order is properly setup (it can boot stuff).
If your target system is BIOS, make sure that Target system in Rufus says BIOS (or UEFI-CSM) and not UEFI (non CSM) as it will never boot on a BIOS system otherwise. You may have to change Partition scheme to MBR to get the BIOS option for Target system.
Thanks for the feedback and input.I did actually find EFI files on the installation drive, and booting the same installer again, and running reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PEFirmwareType outputs 0x2 which is UEFI mode. How or why this is a thing is beyond me. My board must be doing something weird, like half-implementing UEFI, I don't know.What ended up working was using Rufus, same settings, and manually deleting the efi folder after the USB was created. This will prevent UEFI mode altogether. This time, it booted, and installation went fine.
Hello does not speak English, I write through the compiler. Nowhere I can not find information on how to install LibreELEC normal PC without UEFI. If I create a bootable USB flash according to the instructions, created the GPT partition.
My laptop LCD without handles playback and H265 in fullHD, I have no reason to change it.
PS: So far Kodibuntu function does not work anymore and mainly contains needlessly whole person who starts a long time.
PPS: I can not at all with Linux. I can handle just DOS commands and WIN of course.
I am trying to simply boot from the created flashdrive. Flashdrive is created USB-SD Creator. Even so, it does not boot. But if you create a bootable Flask with Ubuntu ISO file to the same flashdrive how it works.
If i understand what you are saying is, you have a laptop without UEFI bios.
Trying to boot your laptop with a USB stick created with the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator, it do not boot but it will boot with the same USB stick with an image of Ubuntu?
I have a laptop without UEFI. Internal hard drive 320 gigabytes
If I create a "LibreELEC USB-SD" Boot Flask and not boot.
To know that it works, I tried to create a bootable flashdrive from the Ubuntu ISO. Thus, I have verified that the other operating system it works.
RDan Assuming your are running Windows try this,
Download Rufus 2.11 Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way.
Download and extract LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.gz once extracted you will have the file LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.
Open Rufus select your USB disk and click where it says "create a bootable disk using" it will open a window to select your file which will be hidden since it is not an .ISO, you have to select All files at the bottom right of the window then select your file LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img like so:
It should look like this:
Click start,ok,ok.
When finished your USB disk will be named LIBREELEC and have exactly these files in it:
Restart your laptop and boot from your USB disk you should see the bootloader Syslinux 6.03, at that point if you want to install to your internal hard drive do not type anything until you get to the installer menu.
Does it boot to the USB drive at all? verify your bios settings again.
The tool to update your bios is called Phoenix UEFI WinFlash Utility ( Fujitsu America - Support - LIFEBOOK ), are you sure you don't have a UEFI bios? check for CSM support in bios and also try deleting security keys and disabling secure boot if you find it in bios.
What happens when you try to boot the USB drive? black screen?
Can you try with another USB drive i had problems in the past with these Verbatim STORE N GO.
Also try a different USB port on the laptop.
Your USB drive should be named LIBREELEC after installing the image to the drive, did you extract LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.3.img.gz before using rufus?
When you try to boot it returns to the boot menu.
But the same flashdrive works with Ubuntu.
I downloaded and extracted tar.gz I IMG, the one I'm using 2.11 Rufus recorded on a flash drive. Since this is not an iso image but DD so there do not set any parameters or name.
No, i have installed LibreELEC on many different systems.
Not every generic x86-64 system i did had UEFI bios and when they do have UEFI i switch to CSM-support in bios,
because i prefer and find it easier to dual boot with Windows boot manager using syslinux bootloader for LibreELEC.
My guess is your BIOS is not configured right or USB drive is bad or flashed incorrectly or your laptop is trying to boot the USB drive in EFI mode.
Please disable Secure Boot in bios(Security tab) if you find it and take a look at this video and make sure any reference to your USB drive is not in the excluded from boot order. how to fix usb not found boot menu fujitsu lifebook - YouTube
Reinstall LibreELEC in the USB drive using the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator, you can check the show all box and try v7.90.010ALPHA if you want, when done delete this file "bootx64.efi" in LIBREELEC:EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi
And retry
Did you try this,
Reinstall LibreELEC in the USB drive using the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator, you can check the show all box and try v7.90.010ALPHA if you want, when done delete this file "bootx64.efi" in LIBREELEC:EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi
And retry
If this doesn't work ultimately you can take the hard drive out of the laptop plug it in another machine, install LibreELEC and then re plug the hard drive in your laptop.
Or
You can try one of the tools out there to make a GPT partition table bootable on your device
Bootable USB is a life saver, especially when you are unable to login to Windows or system crash. Being a household name, Rufus has always been trying to help users in creating these bootable USBs. However, more often than not, users come back complaining that Rufus didn't work as intended. If that user is not you, then you can read ahead to know more about how to create a Windows 10 bootable USB for your PC. But just in case Rufus doesn't work, I have also provided a couple of alternatives that you can opt for.
Rufus is a free and open-source tool that can be used to create bootable media for your Windows or Linux PC. You can use different type of media, like USB, CD, DVD etc. to create this bootable media using Rufus. It doesn't take up much space, and can be installed easily. There is also a portable version of this tool available on their website. It provides two MBR and GP partition schemes for those who want to make a bootable USB for Windows ISO.
Moreover, it sports a user-friendly graphical user interface that makes it extremely simple to use. You can even use Rufus to download Windows ISO files in case you don't have any, this ISO file is required to create the bootable media using Rufus. However, this incredibly powerful tool does come with its own set of issues.
Step 2. Suppose that you don't have a Windows 10 ISO image file, you can follow this guide to download Windows 10 ISO file. Go over to the Microsoft website and download the Windows 10 media creation tool, and save it on your desktop. If you've already have a Windows 10 ISO file, just skip this.
Step 9. Under Boot selection menu choose Disk or ISO image (Please select) option in case its not already chosen, then press the SELECT button on the right to select the Windows 10 ISO file that you downloaded earlier.
NOTE: If you get an error message saying "This ISO image contain a file larger than 4 GB", to fix this, just choose NTFS instead of FAT32, Rufus will allow seamless boot of an NTFS partition from a pure UEFI system.
If you look at the above process, you will see that we selected UEFI from the Target system menu. You must be thinking what is UEFI? Well, without going much into their technical details, you can think about UEFI as one of the boot options for your PC, the other one being Legacy. Their difference lies in the fact that Legacy boot uses the PC BIOS to boot into Windows (or any other operating system that you might be using), compared to that UEFI uses a firmware to boot to your operating system.
That advantage of UEFI over Legacy booting is that UEFI lends more advanced functionalities, and more security to the boot process. Most modern PCs use UEFI for booting into them. However, people who are still using older PCs will need to create bootable USBs using Legacy mode, otherwise they will not be able to boot using an USB created using UEFI mode.
As mentioned earlier, Rufus comes with its own set of nuances. So what should you do in case Rufus is no more an option for you. There are other tools available that can help you solve the problem. I have discussed 2 more tools here that you may find helpful in case Rufus is not working; WonderISO from SYSGeeker, and Deepin Boot Maker.
This tool provides a comprehensive ISO burning solution for all your PC needs. You can create bootable media using SYSGeeker WonderISO for both Windows and Mac. One of the biggest advantages of using WonderISO is that is supports both UEFI and Legacy boot mode, so if you have an older PC you can still use this tool to create your bootable media. You are NOT limited to only using a FAT32 that less than 4 GB when booting UEFI, WonderISO tool has a logic to detect the presence of a file that larger than 4 GB in the source folder of ISO file, and WonderISO will split the install.wim file into several parts and save as FAT32.
Deepin Boot Maker is yet another utility that helps you create bootable USB for your Windows 10 PC. Is has a simple user interface sans any options, this makes it extremely simple to use even if the user don't have any prior experience in creating bootable media. However, like Rufus, Deepin Boot Maker too does not have a dedicated support channel. It does have a Wiki instead for documentation, but I couldn't find any documentation on how to create Windows 10 bootable USB using Deepin Boot Maker.
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