Lenovo ThinkPad P15, ThinkPad P17 Setup Guide [en, ar, bg, cs, da, de, el, es, fi, fr, he, hr, hu, id, it, ja, ko, nb, nl, pl, pt, pt, ro, ru, sh, sk, sl, sv, th, tr, uk, zc, zh]

Ubuntu Linux Setup Guide

For Lenovo ThinkPad P15 and P17
***Official support of Debian 10.7 and later.

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Section 1 – BIOS Setup and Pre-Installation Steps

The first step before installing Linux is to make sure the system BIOS is setup correctly.

• Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash screen.

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• Tab over to the “Config” menu tab

• Enter the “Storage” category and change the “Controller Mode” to “AHCI mode”

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• Select “Yes” to proceed with changing the Controller Mode

• Tab over to the “Security” menu tab and enter the “Secure Boot” category

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• Set “Secure Boot” to “Off”

• Press function F10 key to save and exit BIOS setup.

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Section 2 – Discrete vs Hybrid Graphics

The Lenovo ThinkPad P15, P17, and P1 Gen 3 systems offer both Nvidia and Intel graphics.
“Discrete Graphics” must be used until the Nvidia graphics driver is updated in Section 5.

• Boot into BIOS and tab over to the “Config” menu option, then select the “Display” option.

• Ensure that the “Graphics Device” is set to “Discrete Graphics”.

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Section 3 – Installing Debian 10.7

Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install Debian 10.7 on the
Lenovo ThinkPad P15 and P17

• Insert the Ubuntu 10.7 installation media.

• Power on the system and press the F12 function key whenever the following Lenovo

splash screen appears.

• Select the Linux bootable installation media from the F12 boot menu list.

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• Highlight “Graphical install” from the Debian boot menu and press ‘E’ to edit.

• Select the appropriate language and “Continue”.