clausen2
December 27th, 2014, 12:43 PM
I just bought an Asus EeeBook X205, which is a new model ultrabook from late 2014. It comes with Windows 8.1 installed. I have not yet been able to boot Linux in any form on it.
I think I have figured out why:
The UEFI firmware does not support legacy BIOS.
The UEFI firmware seems to be 32-bit based (not 64-bit). The EFI system partition contains a 32-bit boot file, named /EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi. (It's possible to access this by going to Windows 8.1's advanced boot menu, booting into the rescue command prompt, mounting the system partition with mountvol S: /s, and then looking inside that by typing S: then CD EFI\BOOT then DIR.)
Apparently Ubuntu does not yet provide a 32-bit EFI boot loader, so I think the only way to proceed is to install my own 32-bit based boot-loader, as per http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-support. Am I missing anything?
I think I have figured out why:
The UEFI firmware does not support legacy BIOS.
The UEFI firmware seems to be 32-bit based (not 64-bit). The EFI system partition contains a 32-bit boot file, named /EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi. (It's possible to access this by going to Windows 8.1's advanced boot menu, booting into the rescue command prompt, mounting the system partition with mountvol S: /s, and then looking inside that by typing S: then CD EFI\BOOT then DIR.)
Apparently Ubuntu does not yet provide a 32-bit EFI boot loader, so I think the only way to proceed is to install my own 32-bit based boot-loader, as per http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-support. Am I missing anything?