Lenovo ThinkPad P15, ThinkPad P17, ThinkPad P1 Gen 3 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, P17, P1 Gen 3
***Official support of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 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.

• Tab over to the “Config” menu tab

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

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

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

• Set “Secure Boot” to “Off”

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