Is secure boot turned on?
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Yes I have LUKS encryption enabled so I think I have to have secure boot enabled. Should I try to disable it?
I would do further research, as this is based on my experience with VMs, but some ISOs refuse to boot when the VM is set to Secure Boot.
I wonder if that's why you're having trouble. I believe drive encryption and Secure Boot are separate protections (one being disk encryption and one being a way to assert system integrity). Trying to boot from a USB might be causing Secure Boot to freak out, since it's not the system your BIOS expects.
My initial thought is that you should be able to use LUKS without Secure Boot, but please don't take my word for it. Do further research. I am not an expert in this, just a passing enthusiast trying to help point you in a direction.
What do you mean, custom firmware? Are you trying to boot a different distro of Linux?
When you have the USB drive plugged in, how are you booting up? What's the process you're using?
The system 76 open firmware I probably shouldn't have said custom lol I do the one time boot from USB option in the startup menu. I messaged them and they said it could be because the distro uses an older legacy base.
what are your boot options listed in your firmware/bios? is usb included among them?
if it applies to your situation: system76 has support options.
I did message them and they said the distro may just use and old base that it doesn't support I guess.