Attempting to try out butter-xfce but having trouble getting into the boot menu

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Hi there, I put Butterknife on a 2012 Imac and it works great so far. So I decided to try out the xfce version on a Lenovo Yoga (2021) that currently has Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I am afraid this question will stretch the limits of ‘no dumb questions’, but I can’t seem to get into the boot menu. I didn’t have any issues putting Ubuntu on the laptop. I have tried F1, F2, F11, F12, esc, del, shift, the F’s + Fn, tapping, and holding. Is it possible to do an install from the drive while in Ubuntu? I can see the USB with all the appropriate files.

I am sure there is an easy answer to this, but I have been hitting my head against a wall all morning and I am not seeing it.

Thanks for your help!

(really digging Butterknife so far)

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Does your Lenovo have a tiny pinhole button? Use a paperclip to press and then turn on.

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I have a second idea too.

sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

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This worked! Thank you. In systemctl, I had to reorder the boot operations and have it pull from usb before ubuntu. Installing now.

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