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In asus' uefi bios, I have 3 things that I can order to boot from, I am trying to install steamos. There is my hdd, a 'generic flash disc' and a 'UEFI: generic flash disc. I don't know what one to put first, also, for the legacy boot, should I put it as 'enabled' or 'auto'? Plz help

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In asus' uefi bios, I have 3 things that I can order to boot from, I am trying to install steamos. There is my hdd, a 'generic flash disc' and a 'UEFI: generic flash disc. I don't know what one to put first, also, for the legacy boot, should I put it as 'enabled' or 'auto'? Plz help

What media are you using to install SteamOS, is it an ISO on a optical media format, or a bootable USB or?!

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What media are you using to install SteamOS, is it an ISO on a optical media format, or a bootable USB or?!
It's a USB with all the files in the root

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You need to boot from the USB, then when installing SteamOS you just select the drive you want to install it to.

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You need to boot from the USB, then when installing SteamOS you just select the drive you want to install it to.

yea I want to do it today, and how do I boot from a USB? Do I just unplug my hdd?

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You need to boot from the USB, then when installing SteamOS you just select the drive you want to install it to.

What he said, but try both the generic flash disk and the UEFI flash disk for the boot order and see which one works would be my suggestion.

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What he said, but try both the generic flash disk and the UEFI flash disk for the boot order and see which one works would be my suggestion.

I tryed both and on one of them (can't remember what one) It said that there was no operating system on it

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What he said, but try both the generic flash disk and the UEFI flash disk for the boot order and see which one works would be my suggestion.

 

I tryed both and on one of them (can't remember what one) It said that there was no operating system on it

I'm not quite sure with USB booting but I would think that it would be exactly the same as booting from a DVD with an ISO. I don't know what seems to be the problem, can you not boot from the USB?

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I'm not quite sure with USB booting but I would think that it would be exactly the same as booting from a DVD with an ISO. I don't know what seems to be the problem, can you not boot from the USB?

I don't know, I'm new to this stuff. I'm trying with a different USB now

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It says 'an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system' but If I take my hdd out then it will have nowhere to install

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It says 'an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system' but If I take my hdd out then it will have nowhere to install

What have you done to make the USB bootable?!

 

How did you get Steam OS onto the USB as well, explain to me what you did? :)

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What have you done to make the USB bootable?!

WAIT I got into the installation, now it says that I need a CD-ROM

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It says 'an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system' but If I take my hdd out then it will have nowhere to install

 

What have you done to make the USB bootable?!

 

How did you get Steam OS onto the USB as well, explain to me what you did? :)

I probably would've just put it on a blank DVD disc. It is a much easier solution. Knowing how you got the OS on the USB in the first place would be helpful too. 

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I probably would've just put it on a blank DVD disc. It is a much easier solution. Knowing how you got the OS on the USB in the first place would be helpful too.

coping the files to the root of the formatted usb

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WAIT I got into the installation, now it says that I need a CD-ROM

Huuu. That seems strange, I don't have experience with booting from a USb or with SteamOS so I'm not much help, sorry :(.

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coping the files to the root of the formatted usb

The USB wasn't formatted? That was probably your problem. 

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Huuu. That seems strange, I don't have experience with booting from a USb or with SteamOS so I'm not much help, sorry :(.

that's alright, thanks though

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The USB wasn't formatted? That was probably your problem.

it has been formatted

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coping the files to the root of the formatted usb

Which files, what extension is it, .ISO or .EXE or?! what files... I need to check this out when I get home, Steam is blocked where I am.

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Start from the beginning.... Tell us everything you have done...

I put the files on a newly formatted USB, then plugged it in the new pc, fiddled with bios and got to the steam install main menu, and now It says that I need a cd-rom

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Which files, what extension is it, .ISO or .EXE or?! what files... I need to check this out when I get home, Steam is blocked where I am.

when I downloaded the file it was a .zip I think, and so I copied the contents onto the USB, that's what Austin Evans video said to do

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I put the files on a newly formatted USB, then plugged it in the new pc, fiddled with bios and got to the steam install main menu, and now It says that I need a cd-rom

I'm not sure. Try and contact Steam, see what they have to say. 

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I'm not sure. Try and contact Steam, see what they have to say.

can you give me a link to contact valve please?

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can you give me a link to contact valve please?

Either contact them from here:

https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php

Or you could just read how say to install the SteamOS from here:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6372-YZBN-3066

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