On 30/01/15 10:10, Terry Duell wrote:
To make a long story short, they claim that the MB will boot legacy boot structures with particular bios settings, which I am using. They also assert that they do not support linux and the linux driver is the issue, and that I should install Windows and test if I still have the problem.
To be fair to the motherboard manufacturer, this is a valid test. It is entirely possible the UEFI implementation has only ever been tested with Windows. It is a useful test to be able to see whether the system is actually able to boot at all off removable media. You don't even have to purchase Windows to do this -- you can download the Windows 10 beta. Simply download one of the 64-bit ISOs from this URL: <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/preview-iso> Either burn that ISO to a DVD, or format a USB drive as FAT32 and copy the *contents* of the ISO (not the ISO itself) to the USB drive. Then attempt to boot off it.
Is the MB manufacturer correct to say that the linux driver is the cause of the problem?
For one distro, certainly a possibility. For additional data points, test multiple distros, and follow instructions *to the letter*. I also suggest testing against multiple UEFI implementations, to enable you to say "same media works on this, but doesn't work on this".