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@emilymbender

@vipaal

PS:
Funny that it DOES seem possible to install Ubuntu on an OMEN-17 after all.

I quickly read through the steps and recognized them.

Of course, I did not press install but went for the direct boot from stick.

In any event, my feeling now is that what the machine says is correct: there is a problem with MY BIOS.

As I took pics, I will send them to HP as well.

“Something is rotten in the State of Denmark” (again). ;)

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@vipaal

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…original stick I had purchased, I could never re-install it due to partition incompatibilities. Not with the new one.
Well, this is solved for now.

I can now figure out which modules are which and send the OMEN back to HP once again.

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@vipaal

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Thank you very much for your help and your kind words in particular.

I might try again later on, but for now, I need to get my PC moving again.
Strange that it did not work out with the old ASUS laptop either.

I will bookmark this post to be able to get back to it.

Funny enough, creating the Win10 bootstick was a piece of cake (as well) and the installation went smoothly (apart from the “1 m.” updates and restarts).
Strange, with the…

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@vipaal @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

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…e up on UBUNTU and use the flash drive to generate a windows bootstick. Too bad.

But thanks again.

@vipaal

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…-no changes possible.
I then Powered Off the system and it hung in several error lines. - Too risky for me and the 1024x768 is unusable nowadays.

So, final verdict: OMEN is incompatible with UBUNTU, at least.

Also, I tried to use the Boot Stick on my old ASUS. I did add the USBdrive as 1st boot priority. However, the Laptop does not recognize any bootable OS at all.
I therefore giv

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@vipaal

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Sooo…,

I have succeeded in using your "SGX to “enable” pretty quickly.
Still, same errors and the yellow UBUNTU.

I then saw that there is another boot option with “safe graphics”, which I used. And (partial) “bingo”: I finally got a boot, but still the same disturbing BIOS errors.
The System then booted in a “safe mode” with 1024x768 resolution.
I found where I could (theoretically) change this, but as it is “safe mode”–…

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@vipaal @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

I refrain from asking why.

I am thankful for the solution path. Will try it tomorrow.

@amunizp @ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux

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…have done, is to check and reset the max #BatteryCapacity, a manager from a specialist battery company informed me recently. The content on the upgrade SSDs is still unchanged, though.

@amunizp @ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux

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Thanks will look at this tomorrow.

No, the PC had (!) already not been working anymore b/c some smart-ass HP support technician thought it necessary to update the BIOS as a 1st step in finding about why the replaced battery did not work longer than only 45 min. Now, the PC doesn’t find a bookable OS on the 2 upgrade SSD’s anymore, that had been working nicely for several years. What he should…

@amunizp @ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux

…need to be reset in the BIOS, though what, no idea whatsoever.

@vipaal

Not sure if I understood everything. I created the USB bootstick with the latest 5yr “warranty” versión.
Then, I reebooted and selected the 1st option: start or install.
I then selected boot from USB.
Then I got the BIOS Error screen for some second.
After that, the yellow screen from the UEL below, but with white instead of green.

Note: I’ve never seen a working #Linux desktop.

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

@amunizp

Yes, exactly, but with no green but white instead (even worse contrast).

I read the link now:

"
I managed to solve the problem, I had to set the monitor calibration in Settings/Color and set sRGB as default for both monitors."
Will not work for me as I cannot see a think w/ white on yellow. The power-down button was puré luck.
Also, this us a laptop monitor, no #display buttons, etc.

IMO sth. would…

@ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux

@pyarra

I get that point, which is what I had hoped for to switch.
However, I would still be working on a “Windows PC,” though a virtual one, as I work with MS O365 must of the time, apart from the browser and some other app’s for editing pictures, pdf’s, etc., but that is just “cosmetics.”

I am not a security pro, but my VM would still be hooked up to the WWW, so what is the (security/privacy) difference - apart from that I can more easily reset the PC to an earlier state?

Also, you still…

@pyarra

Thanks for your reply.

The VM idea is feasible. I am presently doing it on a Windows PC, while the Omen is supposed to be being repaired. However, this reduces performance, as memory is shared, etc.

If I have the VM(ware) on Linux instead of Win10 or 11, what would I have as benefits?

@amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

Too bad, as I was thinking, #BIOS errors with the #Ubuntu #Linux #bootstick.

Any 💡 ideas which settings would need to be changed?

@amunizp

Was able to power down the system using the #ApplicationLauncherSearch, but the color settings need to be fixed.

https://vitux.com/3-ways-to-shut-down-power-off-your-ubuntu-system/

Does this have to be done via BIOS settings before booting? Once the system starts, I can hardly see a thing, got lucky with the launcher.

@Linux4Everyone @linux

@amunizp

The system did start and looks sort of like a windows 1.0 desktop, but in white on bright yellow, almost unreadable.

Thoughts?

@Linux4Everyone @linux

@amunizp

Ok. The installation on the stick is completed.
I put the stick in the target system (HP) and did not mess with any further settings, but pressed Try Ubuntu (first option).

Then, I selected the colorful (:)) option “Try Ubuntu” (without installation)

@Linux4Everyone @linux

@amunizp

Once you realize, that you need to select the #Etcher version for the host system, not the target #OS you want to install, it is all great. - Already at 20% of #Ubuntu on the #USB stick.

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