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Linux Kernel for Surface Devices
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Making a Bootable USB #615

Open norouzis opened 4 years ago

norouzis commented 4 years ago

Quick question, the process of building the Kernel that is mentioned in this github page, does that generate a Linux image (in ISO format) that I can make a bootable USB out of it? I would like to keep the Windows too. Can I do that using the process that is described here?

Thanks

vb4 commented 4 years ago

When you execute these instructions, the kernel for your currently running system will be changed. If your system is already running from USB, it will continue to do so.

To actually get a system that runs from USB, you need to look elsewhere. Some distributions allow their install drives to double as live systems. From what I remember, both MX Linux and Puppy Linux are specifically meant to be run as live systems from flash drives. IIRC MX Linux also has tools for creating an iso file from the current state of your system, which might be what you want.

norouzis commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the response. I have the new Surface Pro 7 and I cannot install, so far, Linux on it (I tried Ubuntu and CentOs). Apparently, Linux distributions have issue with the new Intel Gen 10th processor. Have you tried installing Linux on Surface Pro 7? Any luck there?

vb4 commented 4 years ago

Unfortunately, I only have experience with my own Surface 3. What I can tell you is that distribution compatibility can be a crapshot - OpenSUSE works as long as it isn't trying to boot as a live system, MX Linux works in general, iirc I couldn't get Debian (which Ubuntu is based on) to run. The only suggestion I can give you is to try other distributions.

How far in the boot process do you get? Just a black screen? A splash screen? The actual installer menu? I assume you have already tried disabling secure boot.