Just got this cheap Acer Aspire 1 just to put linux on it. But bios doesnt show boot from USB option and F12 boot menu doesnt show either.
I tried booting 2 different USB drives that I made with DD in linux, no luck, nothing working.
I Google'd this and found a very helpful forum post that worked for me, my Acer Apire 1 boot from USB fine and is installing Linux Mint now.
Here is what I did based on the forum post
- bootup windows
- download Rufus
- format flash drive as Fat32
- in Rufus select ISO to burn
- in Rufus under "partition scheme" change from MBR to GPT
- burn iso
After that put the USB drive in the Acer and press F12 on bootup. Instead of only showing me windows boot manager it had another option , and that let me boot off the USB.
NOTE :
- F12 boot shortcut key has to be turned on in bios
- After that when you press F12 for boot menu hold FN key on bottom left corner
The F function keys need you to hold the FN key first.