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My stupid Lenovo "Thinkpad" UEFI doesnt have a real F12 devices menu.

It just shows registered UEFI targets that can be booted.

This is pretty catastrophic, somehow I got Fedora and Windows installed, but thats it. If something breaks, I am in trouble. I cant do a memtest86 even though I think my RAM is faulty.

So in Linux, is there a way to add an UEFI entry to boot just any USB stick? Or to boot a specific one, like with Ventoy on it?

Thanks!

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[–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When asking help with your laptop, not providing your laptop's model number is a great way to not get proper help.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

True. Its a Thinkpad T495

But what I meant is that I am pretty sure there is no secret setting, but that I simply need to fix it otherwise, like with rEFInd or something like that