Working bootable Linux Mint 21 usb stick, no joy with Win 10

[hapibeli]

A bootable Mint 21 usb stick that boots into my Mint 20.2 laptop, will not boot into my Win 10 machine. Any ideas?
Thank you and enjoy our Spring in N A.

 

[Condobloke]

G'day hapibelli, Welcome to Linux.org

Turn off secure boot and fast boot in bios

 

[hapibeli]

Thank you Condobloke. Secure boot is already off. I think that I got fast boot toggled off.

 

[hapibeli]

Well, I'm afraid that didn't do it. Is it possible that a usb stick made on my Mint 20.2 system, will not work unless it is made on a Win 10 system?

 

[Brickwizard]

Welcome to the forums
what did you use to make the Linux iso installation drive? Rufus has not been working well with Linux for over a year, try Balena Etcher
if the usb is a cheap one or old, it may not function as a bootable medium
see my how do I install guide [link below]

 

[hapibeli]

I am attempting to use the usb stick on my Windows 10 Lenovo Thinkpad T440S. As I said, it is recognized and booted on a Mint 20.2 laptop.

The usb stick is a SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64 GB built on the following machine;
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-71-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 10MLS0SE00 v: ThinkCentre M910s
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 3106 v: SDK0J40697 WIN 3305065980651 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: M1AKT24A date: 07/25/2017
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1124 high: 1201 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 1201 2: 1059 3: 1107 4: 1132
bogomips: 25599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: DP-3
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912
Device-2: Realtek FULL HD 1080P Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-13:6
chip-ID: 0bda:58b0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: AOC 24G2W1G5 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
Device-2: Realtek FULL HD 1080P Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-13:6
chip-ID: 0bda:58b0
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-71-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yesrreal.com
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b7
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link Archer T3U [Realtek RTL8812BU] type: USB driver: rtl88x2bu bus-ID: 1-2:3
chip-ID: 2357:012d
IF: wlx6c5ab04bea05 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 247.44 GiB (83.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS725032A7E630 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 291.86 GiB used: 247.44 GiB (84.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 524 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 27.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2979 apt: 2955 flatpak: 17 snap: 7
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-dbgsym-repositories.list
1: deb http: //ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy main restricted universe multiverse
2: deb http: //ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https: //updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb http: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
Processes: 224 Uptime: 19h 6m Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 3.79 GiB (49.7%) Init: systemd v: 249
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12/9 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.4.12 inxi: 3.3.13

 

[Brickwizard]

OK the main problem with Windows 8/10/11 is windows fast boot [quick-start] and secure boot, both of which need to be disabled in UEFI/BIOS
we have several members using Lenovo tablets and laptops without issue. I don't know if @kc1di may have any ideas [he may be along later]

 

[hapibeli]

OK. I turned off secure boot and quick start as far as I can tell. Possibly I've missed a place in the bios, but I tried.

 

[kc1di]

@Brickwizard , I'm here, I've never had a problem with Lenovo laptops either turning off secure boot or fast start. If the opt is not going to dual boot simply set it to legacy boot and all should work fine. Since I never dual boot with windows Haven't used any windows machines for at least 12 years I can't say about dual boot the laptops. But I have never has a problem with Thinkpads.
@hapibeli Does it boot after turning those off?

 

[hapibeli]

Thanks kc1di. No it won't. I will try the legacy setting.