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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Hardware => Topic started by: Sigurd Fastenrath on December 05, 2019, 08:15:33 am

Title: Easy check: can ArcaOS be installed on this Lenovo Laptop?
Post by: Sigurd Fastenrath on December 05, 2019, 08:15:33 am
There is a very good and easy test, wether or not ArcaOs can be installed on a Lenovo Laptop.

Till now this has to meet at least three specifications:

- Secure Boot can be turned off

- CSM is still there / Legacy boot

- USB 2.0 support

with this:

https://download.lenovo.com/bsco/index.html?clickid=wK-xjRTf%3AxyJWOiwUx0Mo3EzUkn3ai2LB1Ys3g0&Program=3786&pid=269814&acid=ww:affiliate:74clty&cid=de:affiliate:xg02ds (https://download.lenovo.com/bsco/index.html?clickid=wK-xjRTf%3AxyJWOiwUx0Mo3EzUkn3ai2LB1Ys3g0&Program=3786&pid=269814&acid=ww:affiliate:74clty&cid=de:affiliate:xg02ds)

Lenovo BIOS Simulator

one can check all this before ordering hardware. That is pretty need.

My observation is, that there is no Lenovo model since the 5th Intel core-i generation, that has inbuild USB 2.0 support. That stresses the need for the USB 3.0 driver.

I attach some pictures for my next hardware test, the Lenovo Yoga 12.


Title: Re: Easy check: can ArcaOS be installed on this Lenovo Laptop?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on December 05, 2019, 02:08:38 pm
Hi Sigurd.

Thanks for sharing and it is very interesting and smart to use the Lenovo online bios simulator to check for UEFI compatibility mode.

Regafrds