stewhamilton
August 15th, 2017, 03:07 PM
Has anyone been able to install Ubuntu on a Samsung 400b notebook/laptop? or know for sure that it cant be done so that I can lay this one to rest.
Full model is "NP400B2B-A05UK"
So far I have tried installing from a bootable USB stick, however this appears to be something that is disabled on the motherboard, a security feature possibly?
I know the USB stick is good as I removed the HDD from the 400B notebook, connected it to another laptop and installed Ubuntu onto the HDD as a bootable drive.
This drive seems to have a fully functioning version of Ubuntu LTS installed as I am able to boot into it when it is connected to the second laptop via a SATA to USB connection by choosing is from the BIOS menu, the Ubuntu bootloader then comes up and I can choose to start Ubuntu.
My hope was that on returning the HDD to the internal compartment of the 400b and connecting it back in the original internal SATA port it would be recognised on the BIOS as a bootable drive. I tried this and it is, however after this all I get is a blinking underscore "_" on the top left of the screen.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I should also mention that when I first recieved the laptop it was running windows 10 and seemed to be working fine. I have since formatted the entire HDD in my efforts to install Ubuntu.
Full model is "NP400B2B-A05UK"
So far I have tried installing from a bootable USB stick, however this appears to be something that is disabled on the motherboard, a security feature possibly?
I know the USB stick is good as I removed the HDD from the 400B notebook, connected it to another laptop and installed Ubuntu onto the HDD as a bootable drive.
This drive seems to have a fully functioning version of Ubuntu LTS installed as I am able to boot into it when it is connected to the second laptop via a SATA to USB connection by choosing is from the BIOS menu, the Ubuntu bootloader then comes up and I can choose to start Ubuntu.
My hope was that on returning the HDD to the internal compartment of the 400b and connecting it back in the original internal SATA port it would be recognised on the BIOS as a bootable drive. I tried this and it is, however after this all I get is a blinking underscore "_" on the top left of the screen.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I should also mention that when I first recieved the laptop it was running windows 10 and seemed to be working fine. I have since formatted the entire HDD in my efforts to install Ubuntu.