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1 minute ago, DaemonWarrior44 said:

These are the partitions:

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you need a efi partition. reinstall it and use the defautl partition setup it makes.

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I've just installed Linux in a partition of my HDD (supposedly) from a USB flash drive, turned my PC off and unplugged the USB, rebooted it but nothing happens, just the annoying "Select a proper boot device (...)". Also, for some reason I can't access the BIOS while my HDD is plugged in.

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P.S: I read that to access the BIOS I need to press the "Delete" key, but my keyboard doesn't have one.

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

can you enter the boot menu on your motherboard?

 

get a keyboard with a delete key. You can get them for a dollar at used shops.

It's sunday, everything's closed and it's the only keyboard in my entire house (believe it or not). Is there any alternative? 

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Just now, DaemonWarrior44 said:

It's sunday, everything's closed and it's the only keyboard in my entire house (believe it or not). Is there any alternative? 

try f2 or f12

 

look in your manual for what the keys do

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

try f2 or f12

 

look in your manual for what the keys do

I'm gonna try all of them, XD... And if it doesn't work I guess I'll have to reinstall the OS.

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What kind of keyboard has no delete key????

Are you from the 18th century or something?

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35 minutes ago, Enderman said:

What kind of keyboard has no delete key????

Are you from the 18th century or something?

 

36 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

but it should be between there:

 

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Haha, it's a spanish keyboard, maybe "Delete" is "Supr", ?

But no, it isn't, I just tried

 

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Yes that's what delete means...

And check your motherboard manual to find out what F key you need to press to go into BIOS.

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6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Yes that's what delete means...

And check your motherboard manual to find out what F key you need to press to go into BIOS.

I swapped SATA ports, but it's still not finding "Proper boot device (...)"

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Here's a quick pic of my motherboard, maybe there's something wrong with it but I doubt it:

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20 minutes ago, DaemonWarrior44 said:

I swapped SATA ports, but it's still not finding "Proper boot device (...)"

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did you install with uefi or legacy? install in uefi again

 

did you install the bootloader on the right drive?

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Did you create disk image or just a copy of the distribution to the usb drive, the reason I ask is I just had the very same problem when I first copied the distro I had 2 options and one was to just copy it and that did not work and would hang the computer after reading the release notes I realized what I did so made another copy the right way and bingo!

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12 minutes ago, mrbilky said:

Did you create disk image or just a copy of the distribution to the usb drive, the reason I ask is I just had the very same problem when I first copied the distro I had 2 options and one was to just copy it and that did not work and would hang the computer after reading the release notes I realized what I did so made another copy the right way and bingo!

I installed it with a USB flash drive (just following the instructions):

 

16 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

did you install with uefi or legacy? install in uefi again

 

did you install the bootloader on the right drive?

I installed it with UEFI, it's my only drive plus the USB. I did the partitions with the installer itself (OS and Swap).

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2 minutes ago, DaemonWarrior44 said:

installed it with UEFI, it's my only drive plus the USB. I did the partitions with the installer itself (OS and Swap).

did you make a uefi partition? you need one.

 

Id use the default partition and not configure it your self unless your have lots of experence in this area

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you need a efi partition. reinstall it and use the defautl partition setup it makes.

Shoul I format the disk and install by default?

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1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you need a efi partition. reinstall it and use the defautl partition setup it makes.

It worked! Thanks, thanks to all of you, ?

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