Hello! I tried to install Fedora on my Lenovo Thinkbook laptop for dual boot with the Fedora Media Writer, created an image on the flash drive, waited for all the processes and restarted.
Then I started the installation to the hard drive, but it failed with message “failed to set new efi boot target”.
Any solution on this forum isn’t working for me, I tried.
More than that, Win10 isn’t present on the GRUB screen.
When I rebooted my laptop without flash drive, I tried to change the booting order in UEFI (hard drive on top, then Windows Boot Manager on top), but this also didn’t help.
What else should I do? I suppose that I’ll have to reinstall everything.
Hi there!
Is your lenovo BIOS locked down in any way?
Did you shrink the main NTFS partition of Windows to make space?
What Fedora version did you try to install?
Hey!
Yes, and I remember the admin password
Yes, I did (but not the “system reserved” option)
Fedora 41
I dont know much about Lenovo Firmware. I had a modern-ish T495 and it had firmware issues when using certain hardening parameters.
Lenovos firmware for sure contains a lot of custom things that can and do cause problems.
Can you go through your firmware settings and list all settings containing tampering, boot, signatures, secureboot, boot order lock, BIOS password; and their values?
Can you try resetting the firmware settings to the defaults?
related topic: Failed to set new efi boot target error on install - #4 by mmscat
did you remove the existing ESP (efi partition) that was created when you installed windows? You are supposed to point the Fedora installer to re-use it (without formatting).
Please enter more of these menus and send the data as text, better to read and accessible.
Second screenshot, “secure suite application”
It may be this “Intel PTT”
Configuration
Wireless LAN: Enabled
MAC Address Pass Through: Disabled
Intel Virtual Technology: Enabled
Intel (R) Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
BIOS Back Flash: Disabled
Hotkey Mode: Enabled
Storage: [submenu]
Always On USB: Enabled
Charge In Battery Mode: Enabled
Disable Built-in Battery: [Enter]
System Performance Mode: Intelligent
Wake On LAN: AC Only
Wake On LAN from Dock: Disabled
ITS HotKey Language: Normal
Security
Administrator Password: Set
User Password: Not Set
HDD Password: Not Set
Set Administrator Password: [Enter]
Power on Password: Disabled
Set User Password: [Enter]
Set Hard Disk Password: [Enter]
Intel Platform Trust Technology: Enabled
Clear Intel PTT Key: [Clear Intel PTT Key]
I/O Port Access: [submenu]
Intel SGX: [submenu]
Secure Boot: Disabled
Secure Boot Status: Disabled
Platform Mode: Setup Mode
Secure Boot Mode: Custom
Reset to Setup Mode: [Enter]
Restore Factory Keys: [Enter]
Information
Product Name: Lenovo ThinkBook 14-IIL
BIOS Version: DJCN26WW
EC Version: DJEC20WW
MTM: 20SL000MRU
Lenovo SN: LR0D7T69
UUID Number: 270C41DA-B11E-5000-1019-BA9F9C9D8C39
CPU: Intel (R) Core ™ i5-1035G1 CPU @ 1.00GHz
System Memory: 8192 MB
Hard disk: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101
Preinstalled OS license: SDK0J40697 WIN
OA3 Key ID: 3305290102698
OA2: N
Secure Boot: Disabled
Boot
Boot Mode: UEFI
Fast Boot: Disabled
USB Boot: Enabled
PXE Boot to LAN: Disabled
Secure Suite Application: [Enter]
Boot Priority Order:
-
Fedora
-
USB Device
-
mSATA Hard Drive
-
NVME: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101
-
Windows Boot Manager
-
ATA HDD:
-
ATAPI CD:
-
PXE Network Boot:
-
USB CD:
-
USB LAN:
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If I choose Secure Suite Application, that’s what it shows:
“If select “Enter”, system will boot
from Lenovo secure suite application.
System need to check Administrator
Password before boot from the
application.
Make sure the state of Hard Disk is
unlock before you erase the disk by
the application.”
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Well, I just cleared the entire device, reinstalled Windows and realized that I have no need in dual boot. Then, I just deleted Windows completely, and now I’m a happy Fedora user.
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