. Step 4: Tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Recovery. There will only be two results in your search results, the first one being the one you need. Ross42 - Thank you for the reply. Does anyone know how to boot to an alternate device without going through windows and reboot? This means I wanted to install Ubuntu on my Surface at the first opportunity.
Here they are: Those two methods work fine. Running Portable Linux on a Surface Pro 5 minute read I have an original Surface Pro that I got a couple years ago. Out of the box, your stylus, touch input, and keyboard covers will work just fine. Now the odd thing is that I do not recall needing to mess around with Secure Boot when I first installed Ubuntu on the Surface. That is, someone who has personally got it working. I've noticed that holding it the volume down button for too long makes it not work, and holding it too short will also make it not boot.
I always carry that with me suitably encrypted of course , so I punched that in and continued with what I was doing. Those work, complaining something else is not booting is not something I can help with. Would you like to answer one of these instead? It looks like a problem with the surface pro 4, because all usb media boot up fine with my dell notebook. I've followed the instructions at. So I think also Debian should boot now. Also tested with internal disk disabled.
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: Hi thanks for your answer. Make sure you choose a 64-bit version. And the second one ran a Live distro , but apparently no input devices work. The menu comes up, and I can choose the forensic boot, but then the screen goes blank and it seems to hang there. But once I choose an option from the Kali menu as specified by the grub.
So you better wait for this. From here, you will be presented with a list of available boot options that are currently detected. Step 7: On the Troubleshoot screen, tap or click Advanced options. I haven't tried it though. Step 6: On the Choose an option screen, tap or click Use a device. If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Settings. Overall I'd recommend turning on the Windows Boot Loader menu as it gives you more boot options.
There must have been some change to the configuration, either on Ubuntu or Windows, that triggered this, but I cannot for the life of me remember what. Hi, so I've had a Surface 3 for a while now that had some problem with Windows and it wouldn't go past the sign in screen. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is Copyright 2007-2019 Johann A. Libnfc is great, mfcuk and mfoc are good at their work, but they do not work with Windows. I'm not sure how to proceed from here.
They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. To do this, power down the machine, and hold the +volume button while hitting the power button. So the problem isn't related to your howto, but it prevents me to follow your instructions. Problem Description All this worked well until a couple weeks ago, when for some reason I was asked for the Bitlocker key on booting into Windows. From here, you will be presented with a list of available boot options that are currently detected.
Didn't work on the Pro either. All of them were recognized in advanced boot, and none of them booted into Linux when I selected them. Anyone notice this behavior also. Any idea how to boot my sp4 from usb media? Installing The install procedure is well documented on the , I advice you to read it and understand the steps before going further. I really only go here to disable secure boot. You should now be running a fully-functional portable version of Linux on your Surface. I have some questions remaining of my own as I switched from 15.