Can't get live usb to show up in boot order

[oledummy]

I am having trouble getting my pc to recognive a live usb. I used the usb imagewriter to right a bootable .iso.The usb shows up nowhere.Neither in My computer,Disc utility or lsblk-a.
I am trying to reinstall Mint 22.3.
I have also tried the clonezilla.iso with the same results.
Any ideas as to how I can fix this?

I have moved usb/floppy to the 1st in my boot order.

 

[dos2unix]

Possibilities..

An incomplete USB write.
A bad USB drive.
A bad iso image.

Assuming all that is good.

It's a UEFI mage, but the computer only supports Legacy BIOS.
It's a Legacy BIOS image, but the computer only supports UEFI.
The computer supports both UEFI and legacy BIOS, but is in the wrong mode. (Only 1 can be active at a time).
Secure boot is enabled, and the distro doesn't support it.
It's a 64bit image, but your computer only supports 32bits.

 

[Alexzee]

Hi & Welcome to Linux.org-

With the usb thumb drive plugged in reboot your pc and press 'the key' repeatedly to enter into your BIOS.
(this is often on the splash screen just before your pc boots)

Once in your BIOS use the arrow keys on the key board to navigate to the Boot section of the BIOS.
I see that you made the usb of your Live Mint to be first in the boot order.

Did you 'Save the changes' and reboot right away?

What make and model is your pc and any idea what BIOS version you have?

Often times our moderator @Brickwizard is good with sort of practice.

 

[oledummy]

It's a UEFI mage, but the computer only supports Legacy BIOS.
It's a Legacy BIOS image, but the computer only supports UEFI.
The computer supports both UEFI and legacy BIOS, but is in the wrong mode. (Only 1 can be active at a time).OK, uefi is disabled
Secure boot is enabled, and the distro doesn't support it. secure boot is enabled.
I will change both and try again.


Once in your BIOS use the arrow keys on the key board to navigate to the Boot section of the BIOS.
I see that you made the usb of your Live Mint to be first in the boot order.

Did you 'Save the changes' and reboot right away? ----Yes

What make and model is your pc and any idea what BIOS version you have?-
------BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: L01 v02.78 date: 02/20/2020

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-106-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProDesk 600 G1 TWR

 

[osprey]

I am having trouble getting my pc to recognive a live usb. I used the usb imagewriter to right a bootable .iso.The usb shows up nowhere.Neither in My computer,Disc utility or lsblk-a.
I am trying to reinstall Mint 22.3.
I have also tried the clonezilla.iso with the same results.
Any ideas as to how I can fix this?

I have moved usb/floppy to the 1st in my boot order.

If the usb is not shown in the output of the lsblk command, then the kernel cannot see the usb so there there is nothing that the system can do with it. This is most likely a hardware issue, possibly to do with the usb port and/or related internals rather than the usb stick itself. If the usb itself was written to successfully, lsblk would see it if the hardware was in order.

It's worth trying to test all the usb ports to see if any works, but I guess you may have already tried that. Even a new usb with nothing on it is usually visible to the kernel and shown in the output of lsblk, so if unsure about the usb that you have written, perhaps try a new usb to check all the usb ports on the machine and any associated cables if there are any.

 

[Alexzee]

It's a UEFI mage, but the computer only supports Legacy BIOS.
It's a Legacy BIOS image, but the computer only supports UEFI.
The computer supports both UEFI and legacy BIOS, but is in the wrong mode. (Only 1 can be active at a time).OK, uefi is disabled
Secure boot is enabled, and the distro doesn't support it. secure boot is enabled.
I will change both and try again.


Once in your BIOS use the arrow keys on the key board to navigate to the Boot section of the BIOS.
I see that you made the usb of your Live Mint to be first in the boot order.

Did you 'Save the changes' and reboot right away? ----Yes

What make and model is your pc and any idea what BIOS version you have?-
------BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: L01 v02.78 date: 02/20/2020

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-106-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProDesk 600 G1 TWR

I think I found your model here:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/product-specs/hp-prodesk-600-g1-tower-pc/5387438

Yes?

Does the usb device show in:

lsusb

OR>

sudo fdisk -l

?

 

[oledummy]

My apologies but the usb drive does show up in lsblk. I get overly flustered bouncing around this computer.

sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 1 463M 0 part /media/tom/3.3.1-35-amd64

but I still can't get it to boot.

 

[bob466]

I have a Tower...the new Motherboard (3 years old) is UEFI only...My 14 year old Laptop is Legacy only.

The Mint ISOs Cinnamon 22.1 and xfce 22.1 are I assume these days UEFI as is the Foxclone ISO. These ISOs are on my Ventoy Flash Drive and boot to both Tower and Laptop just fine.

Are you tapping the correct Key to bring up the Boot Menu ?
My Tower is F11 and my Laptop is Esc.

 

[oledummy]

My apologies ,but the usb drive does show up in lsblk. I get overly flustered bouncing around this computer.

My apologies but the usb drive does show up in lsblk. I get overly flustered bouncing around this computer.

sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 1 463M 0 part /media/tom/3.3.1-35-amd64

sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 1 463M 0 part /media/tom/3.3.1-35-amd64

 

[oledummy]

this pc uses f10 to get into bios.
zBoth UEFI and Legacy are options

 

[Alexzee]

this pc uses f10 to get into bios.
zBoth UEFI and Legacy are options

Maybe try UEFI Mode.
And install in UEFI mode? Just an idea.

Sometimes you have to try different things.

Why, if I may ask, are you reinstalling Mint?
Is your Mint that is already installed failing in performance or having functionality issues?

 

[oledummy]

Maybe try UEFI Mode.
And install in UEFI mode? Just an idea.

Sometimes you have to try different things.

Why, if I may ask, are you reinstalling Mint?
Is your Mint that is already installed failing in performance or having functionality issues?

I have already tried booting in UEFI mode. When I do that my ubuntu drive starts up instead.Go figure.
I originally wanted to boot with my clonezilla iso, but had the same problem.After a while , I thought maybe the mint drive itself Was going bad,so I finally decided to try to overwrite all to see if that bfixed things. I have several isos that I have made lives usbs with and all will not boot, so I doubt it has to do with the thumbdrives or the writing process..

 

[Alexzee]

I have already tried booting in UEFI mode. When I do that my ubuntu drive starts up instead.Go figure.
I originally wanted to boot with my clonezilla iso, but had the same problem.After a while , I thought maybe the mint drive itself Was going bad,so I finally decided to try to overwrite all to see if that bfixed things. I have several isos that I have made lives usbs with and all will not boot, so I doubt it has to do with the thumbdrives or the writing process..

Output from post # 6 please?

Try another usb thumb drive if you have one.