Hi, everyone! This is my first time here and first time with Linux. Thanks for any help you can provide! I tried to be as detailed as I could...
My computer does not recognize Ubuntu and I can't boot from it.
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 from USB-stick via installation tutorial and this video: How to Dual Boot Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10 [2019]. Evidently, with an Acer computer, Windows 10, and my Bios, I can't dual boot (https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/uefi/).
Please. Help.
Here are my specs and everything I've tried to no avail...
- Computer: Acer Aspire TC-780 desktop, Intel Core i3-7200 CPU @ 3.90Ghz, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit, 1809 version
- Bios: R02A3 and I upgraded it via the Acer website to R02-B2
My Installation:
- Created ~80GB 'free space' partition on hard drive.
- Used Rufus to mount Ubuntu 18.04 .iso onto removable 32GB USB-stick
- Installed as 'Something else' and 'alongside windows boot manager'
- 20GB Logical /, 4GB Logical swap area, 64GB Logical /home
- Finished installation process
- Remove USB-stick and restart, go into Bios to change boot order, no Ubuntu option
Note: I can not login or access the installed Ubuntu. I can only access the 'Try Ubuntu' from my USB-stick
Things I've tried:
- Win: disable 'Fast Startup' in Power Settings
- Win: disable 'Hibernate' in Power Settings
- Win: Update & Security > Recovery > Advanced Setup > Restart > Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware Settings > Restart (THIS JUST TAKES ME INTO THE BIOS WITH NO UEFI SETTING OPTIONS! See image below)
- Bios: updated Bios via Acer website to the newest version, R02-B2
- Bios: Secure Boot disabled
- Bios: Set Supervisory Password
- Bios: THERE ARE NO "Select a UEFI file as trusted for executing" option or any "HDD0 > EFI" options as other threads suggest. See image below.
- Created a Boot-Repair USB-stick and loaded it - I couldn't install it from within Linux, it said "yannubuntu" not found. Boot-Repair Log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YWDhmbJdV4/
- cmd: admin command prompt: bcdedit set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi - the operation completed successfully (recommended from threads)
- cmd: admin command prompt: bcdedit set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi - the operation completed successfully (recommended from threads)
- cmd: admin command prompt: bcdedit set {bootmgr} path \EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI - the operation completed successfully (this is the exact file pathway on my USB-stick from the 18.04.1 .iso file)
- cmd: admin command prompt: bcdedit set {bootmgr} path \EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi - the operation completed successfully (this is the exact file pathway on my USB-stick from the 18.04.1 .iso file)
- cmd: admin command prompt: powercfg.exe /h off
- EasyBCD bootloader-modification tool - I can't work with the Linux options, because of UEFI mode, as listed here.
- Installed Ubuntu on an external 160GB formatted hard drive and tried to boot from there - couldn't
- I can't find my Windows Installation Disk to try to restore Win10 to MBR, as suggested here.
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