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A very similar question about W8 and Sony Vaio.

The laptop came with Windows 11 on a 1TB SSD. I need to install Mint alongside it but the machine refuses to boot from the USB drive. Things I've tried:

  • Perform an integrity check on the .iso with the provided checksum.

  • dd if=mint.iso of=/dev/sdb

  • Use the Windows program Rufus which has worked well for me before. I tried all combinations of settings, though those were recommended to me: "GPT table, DD copy mode(not the recommended iso mode as it doesn't create a separate boot partition)".

  • Try to find a USB2 port(no).

  • Sneak past only-windows restriction: cp /boot/efi/EFI/linuxMint/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi.

  • Use ctrl+S to reveal hidded bootloader options.

  • Disable Secure Boot, Fast Boot and TPM.

  • Tried balenaEtcher.

  • Replace bootx64.efi on the disk with grubx64.efi but Windows hides the boot partition while I can't boot from a USB. [edit: cmd as Administrator: mountvol S: /S gives full access to bricking your device]

  • Use an 8 GB USB drive.

  • Boot from Arch or Ubuntu USBs that work on another machine.

  • It booted once from this USB port so I avoid changing it.

In fact I did manage to boot once(!!) before resizing the Windows partition*. Ideas?

[update] Solved. An Arch USB created I don't remember how and on a different flash drive - works, boots. Not an answer obviously. Only thing we can cross out is size - it's 64GB.

* - with the Windows tool, I did not touch any of the small partitions present

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