Assembled my framework with two USB A ports and had two Linux USB sticks on standby and neither USB port or stick work. I can’t install an OS and this expensive laptop is a paperweight as a result.
You haven’t told us what your boot expectations are, how you’ve attempted to get the machine to boot and what, if any, indications of failure there are.
The first thing I’d check is that you’ve disabled Secure Boot.
Which model of laptop do you have?
Not all the usb ports can supply enough power for usb flash drive.
In general, plug one usb stick into one of the ports nearest the display screen. Press F2 to get into the bios, and then select “boot from file” and see if you can see any files on the usb flash drive.
This is assuming the display is working.
If the display is not working, you most likely have a ram chip problem.
Its a framework 16 AMD Ryzen AI 9, I tried swapping port locations, different USB sticks and images.
BIOS is LFKN6.03.04, secure boot is the first thing I thought might be the issue but there is nothing labeled secure boot in the BIOS.
If you did not explicitly turn off secure boot it likely is still on. It’s a little tricky to find in the bios, if I am remembering correctly it is an option from the very first screen in the bios. It is not one of the options once you enter the section to set the time etc. Best of luck.
It was secure boot, don’t know why that’s enabled on bring your own OS option and I don’t know why the secure boot options don’t show after a failed boot but after getting into the real options I disabled it and it works now.
It is considered a best security practice in todays world. It is a requirement in Windows, Ubuntu and Fedora both support secure boot.
It is like buying/renting a home/apartment without a deadbolt (secure boot) and just a locking doorknob. They give it to the owner locked; whether the new tenant uses it is up to them.