Install OpenKylin 1.0 on Lenovo X240

 

1. Download the "Ventoy" and use it format a USB thumb drive (It better have 16GB or above)

 

2. Download the "OpenKylin" from mirrors.dotsrc.org

 

3. Copy the ISO file to the USB thumb drive

 

4. Change the laptop UEFI boot to legacy boot and also disable "secure boot" in BIOS

 

5. Use the USB thumb drive to boot the machine to install the OS

 

Reference:

openKylin 下载地址和安装方法 | openKylin文档平台

openkylin基础 U盘启动器 制作系统启动U盘_师万物的技术博客_51CTO博客

【小白课程】openKylin U盘启动器介绍 - 知乎 (zhihu.com)

ISO download-openKylin 开放麒麟社区官网 | 开源聚力，共创未来

 

Install OpenKylin 1.0 on Lenovo X240

What need to be aware if your Lenovo X240 install Windows 10 10240 (1507) and upgrade to the latest version?

1. Run Windows Update after the installation immediately
2. Do not install Lenovo System Update to apply any driver until your machine running on 20H2 or later version
3. Do not run the Windows media creation tool  or run the Windows 10 upgrade assistant tool to upgrade your machine from Windows 10 10240 to 21H2 directly
4. After you using the Windows Update to upgrade your machine to 20H2, then you can install driver, software and also using the upgrade assistant tool to upgrade to 21H2
5. Block your machine to upgrade to Windows 11 by changing the target version to 21H2

 

What need to be aware if your Lenovo X240 install Windows 10 10240 (1507) and upgrade to the latest version?