Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 Linux 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]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Setup Guide
For ThinkPad P1 Gen2
***Official support of RHEL 8.0 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.
• Select the “Restart” menu tab and set “OS Optimized Defaults” to “Disabled”.
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• Switching the “OS Optimized Defaults” settings may give a warning message. Select “Yes” to
continue to disable OS Optimized Defaults.
• Select the “Startup” menu tab. Pressing F9 function key will allow Legacy and UEFI bootable
devices by setting “UEFI/Legacy Boot” to “Both”; otherwise, it will be an unchangeable setting to
“UEFI only”.
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• Press the function F10 key to save and exit BIOS setup.
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Section 2 – Discrete vs Hybrid Graphics
The Thinkpad P1 Gen2 offers both Nvidia and Intel graphics. To run exclusively Nvidia graphics, use
the discrete graphics mode highlighted below.
• Boot into BIOS, tab over to the “Config” menu option, and select the “Display” option.
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• By default, the “Graphics Device” will likely be set to “Hybrid Graphics”. To run exclusively Nvidia
graphics, set the “Graphics Device” to “Discrete Graphics”.
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Section 3 – Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install RHEL 8 on the Lenovo
Thinkpad P1 Gen2.
• Insert RHEL 8 installation media (either through USB or CD/DVD).
• 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 “Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x” from the GRUB boot menu and press enter.
• The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Welcome Screen should appear. Select the appropriate language
and “Continue”.
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