PureOS won't install on new Lenovo P16 Gen 2

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I am a long time supporter of everything Purism. My family, friends and I have purchased 9 Purism laptops since 2019, a Librem 5 and a Librem key. Although I have a Librem 14 in the house, my favorite computer has been the Librem 15 v 4. Unfortunately, my second Librem 15 v 4 died (fried motherboard). I looked online for a Librem 15 v4, either new or used, and found nothing. Although I like the Librem 14, I wanted something newer with a larger screen. I ventured off the reservation and ultimately purchased a new Lenovo P16 gen 2. When I tried to install PureOS, it would not even load the iso on the usb stick. I tried my tails usb as well a usb with Ubuntu and Parrot OS and they all worked fined. When I contacted Lenovo for guidance I received this response:

Especially if bootable liveUSB is a few weeks old, download and build a new one today. Or try booting liveUSB with secure boot toggled off. You are booting with uefi only media configuration? Legacy and CSM and clicking to install MBR onto bootable media will prevent booting on newer Lenovo models. The old dual booting mode media, legacy and uefi won’t boot on newest Lenovo.

I am not sure what to do. I have installed PureOS on multiple computers including Dell and System 76, but my Lenovo won’t boot the iso. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Your laptop is:

  1. Too new to be supported by obsolete PureOS kernel.

  2. Requires plenty of non-free/proprietary blobs which arent shipped in PureOS (requirement for FSF certification).

You will be unable to run PureOS Byzantium on that laptop, better use Debian at this point. Give up on the idea.

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Your choice.

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Product link or at least CPU details and other hardware details?

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Sorry for the delayed reply. Here are the specs for the system.

!Processor：13th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-13980HX Processor (E-cores up to 4.00 GHz P-cores up to 5.60 GHz)

Operating System：Linux

Memory：192 GB DDR5-5600MHz (SODIMM) - (4 x 48 GB)

RAID Setting：No

RAID Config：No

First Solid State Drive：4 TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Performance TLC Opal

Second Solid State Drive：4 TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Performance TLC Opal

SSD Config：2 x SSD

Display：16" WQUXGA (3840 x 2400), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, HDR 400, 100%DCI-P3, 800 nits, 60Hz, Low Blue Light

Factory Color Calibration ：Factory Color

Graphic Card：NVIDIA RTX™ 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR6

Camera：1080P FHD IR Hybrid with Microphone

Wireless：Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 2x2 AX vPro® & Bluetooth® 5.1 (Windows 10) or Bluetooth® 5.3 (Windows 11)

Mobile Broadband：No Wireless WAN

Selectable SIM：No WWAN SIM

Absolute BIOS Selection：BIOS Absolute Enabled

vPro Certified Model：Non pro

Adobe Elements：None

Adobe Acrobat：None

Security Software：None

Thank for the help

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As the earlier reply said, you will have to check as to what the first Linux kernel version is that supports that CPU

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that could be a problem too

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yeah, if you overcome the above two items so that you can actually boot then the WiFi won’t work either (although that can be worked around).

You have some fine hardware but it is not well suited to PureOS.

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Ok, thank you for the input! I will keep plugging away at it. I appreciate your help.

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