This post is a bit borderline, so I can take it down if you think it’s inappropriate for this community (tag @otter@lemmy.ca for a faster response). These computers are often suggested by various selfhosting tutorials so it might be interesting to see how they’re made.
Why? Can’t you get to the bios, change to usb boot loader, boot linux and wipe the disk?
You’d think you could… but you can’t even get to the bios before finishing the install.
There’s probably a way… But I wasn’t able to find it.
I had the same on my second hand thinkcentre. It was the only 10 seconds I spent on windows 11: input random data, enter the OS and shutdown the machine. Never touched win 11 again.
Probably some fastboot shit. I like the idea of fastboot… if only it wasn’t so tied to Windows.