I have no experience with it, but I actually read your query and have
some suggestions.
First, let me try to straighten out my confusion. You say someone
installed Linux Mint on your laptop, but then you say it boots windows.
So I'm a bit confused.
In any case, I've used T470 laptops, and you should turn it on and
IMMEDIATELY start hitting F1 as fast as you can until it either beeps
once or actually get in to the BIOS. From there you should be able to
set the boot device. (If F1 doesn't work (after trying multiple
times!), try 'enter', THEN F1 once it says something).
I found this verified by searching using DuckDuckGo 'lenovo t470 enter
bios' (see
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/solutions/ht500222-recommended-ways-to-enter-bios-boot-menu-thinkpad-thinkcentre-thinkstation
)
On 6/21/24 13:46, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Does anyone on the PLUG list
have experience using Ventoy?
A friend used his Ventoy USB flash
stick to install Linux Mint on a
used thinkpad t470 that I purchased.
But I then discovered that the newer
Linux Mint version that he installed
does not have many KDE capabilties
that I have always had on my older
thinkpad laptops.
So I downloaded Ventoy from
https://ventoy.net ... hoping to
install kubuntu to get those valuable
KDE capabilities that I need.
When I tried to install Ventoy, the
system said: "Congratulations! Ventoy
has been successfully installed to the
device" ... However, the USB is blank.
So, I purchased a Ventoy USB from ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/364756232958
But it came with no instructions, and
I cannot figure out how to get it to
boot on the used thinkpad t480 that I
purchased with win-10 installed.
I use Linux exclusively and have zero
experience with windblows.
j...@actionline.com
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