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My new (to me) Thinkpad T61P is refusing to boot my USB with Fedora 42 on it. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by TheCynicalSaint@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm sorry to put a tech support post here, but I don't see a Thinkpad community on here.

(Shocker.)

Details:

Immediately after hitting the Plymouth boot screen (Fedora logo with the spinny but under it) the laptop shuts off completely.

Both batteries I got with it appear to be dead, the HDD boots a broken copy of Windows, I even have a port replicator with it!

I'm not sure if maybe it's my USB, (both laptop and USB are thrifted) or something else.

The only OS I've attempted is Fedora, should I flash a Windows (shudder) install disk and see if that makes a difference?

Thanks, best regards, someone with a Value Village addiction and a Linux obsession.

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[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Trying too hard to get a reaction by threatening to load Windows, the hardware hog? Way too low to even be believable.

First thing that comes to mind with a thrifted laptop is that you need to use an older distro compiled for 32bit cpu. But honestly, modern laptops are cheap and the overall experience regardless of OS is that very old hardware is going to look bad by comparison with anything on a store shelf so unless you are familiar with Linux already and committed to rehab old hardware (e.g. for standalone use) then it probably isn't worth your time.