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Thread: Failed to install ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate b117 with preinstalled endless os.

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    Failed to install ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate b117 with preinstalled endless os.

    I tried*installing ubuntu desktop on my acer travelmate b117 which comes with preinstalled endless os. I am totally newb when it comes to terminal commands on linux, never used it before. I tried to install ubuntu(i googled different linux distros cos i didn't like endless that much) via usb but failed. The things I tried, because I am having problems booting to usb, the 40_custom method. I still failed to boot to usb after that but I can still boot to endless. Then I tried to change the boot uefi to legacy and the order to usb first, After that I got stuck. I now can’t even boot to endless os even if I changed it back to uefu and the order to linux.
    While installing ubuntu, I get the error can't request region for resource [mcm 0x7a6... usb 2-1 device not accepting address. I googled it, tried to find a fix, but some instructions i found have to boot to their old os. Or have some root password, which i don't know.
    The error i found when booting to endless:
    Failed to switch root. Specified switch root path /sysroot does not seem to be an os tree. os-release file is missing.

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    Re: Failed to install ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate b117 with preinstalled endless os.

    I did a little research: maybe this will help you:
    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Tjb8UeZiTpHmsc

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    Re: Failed to install ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate b117 with preinstalled endless os.

    Thank you! I hope this works. I'll try it as soon as I get home. Maybe after 10 days or so.. as I am currently busy with work. I'll post here again about the result.

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    Re: Failed to install ubuntu on my Acer Travelmate b117 with preinstalled endless os.

    It is making sure grub is installed in UEFI mode & setting "trust" in Acer's UEFI.

    I think these are all similar on setting trust, but some explain it better/differently which may help.
    Acer Trust Settings - details, some now report that then secure boot has to be on to set trust:
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....2#post13369742
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2297947 &
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2358003
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....7#post13341757
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2342323
    Acer Cloudbook shows screen for selecting trust, shows typical screens for all Acer
    http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74...-cloudbook-431
    https://community.acer.com/en/categories/predator
    UEFI boot install & repair info - Regularly Updated :
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295
    Please use Thread Tools above first post to change to [Solved] when/if answered completely.

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