Linux Installation Issues
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I'll try installing Mint to USB from my RoG tonight and see how it goes.
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No luck there. Same basic issues.
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Are you able to see the errors and things while it is booting? Not trying to teach you linux, but if you hit F12 while Mint is booting it shows you all its messages, services starting, driver detection all that, instead of a useless(in this case at least) Mint logo.
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@momurda said in Linux Installation Issues:
Are you able to see the errors and things while it is booting? Not trying to teach you linux, but if you hit F12 while Mint is booting it shows you all its messages, services starting, driver detection all that, instead of a useless(in this case at least) Mint logo.
F12 doesn't work on Mint on this laptop during boot, believe it or not. One more pain in the process.
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Replace user, reboot computer.
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@scottalanmiller are you following a guide or just doing this willy nilly?
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For a useful suggestion - did the drive come partitioned? Perhaps blow it away with DD, at least a GB or two
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Here's a guide @scottalanmiller
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Reason I ask is because you need to disable secure boot control and pxe oprom while enabling CSM. I don't want to assume you didnt, but outside of this I have no idea what would cause what you are running into.
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@wirestyle22 said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller are you following a guide or just doing this willy nilly?
Following a guide? There is no guide for installing to Asus ROG. If there was, I'd be following it. Like any OS install, you just try and see what fails.
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@wirestyle22 said in Linux Installation Issues:
Reason I ask is because you need to disable secure boot control and pxe oprom while enabling CSM. I don't want to assume you didnt, but outside of this I have no idea what would cause what you are running into.
People using Asus ROG that claim to have it working say the opposite. There is no consensus.
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@MattSpeller said in Linux Installation Issues:
For a useful suggestion - did the drive come partitioned? Perhaps blow it away with DD, at least a GB or two
Yes, but we aren't close to needing to write to the drive yet, we can't boot the kernel. How do we run DD when you can't boot yet?
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@scottalanmiller I can't vouch for them
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:
@MattSpeller said in Linux Installation Issues:
For a useful suggestion - did the drive come partitioned? Perhaps blow it away with DD, at least a GB or two
Yes, but we aren't close to needing to write to the drive yet, we can't boot the kernel. How do we run DD when you can't boot yet?
Are you getting a
grub>>prompt, or a normal shell? If you're into a normal shell, it's gotten past boot, but is not getting into the installer from busybox.
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@wirestyle22 said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller I can't vouch for them
I'd try it.20+ minutes per boot test, sadly.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:
@wirestyle22 said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller I can't vouch for them
I'd try it.20+ minutes per boot test, sadly.
Dang. Are you sure something isn't wrong with the thing?
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@travisdh1 said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:
@wirestyle22 said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller I can't vouch for them
I'd try it.20+ minutes per boot test, sadly.
Dang. Are you sure something isn't wrong with the thing?
Seems fine with Windows 10
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Getting OpenSuse Tumbleweed downloaded so that I can test with a totally different installer.
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@scottalanmiller -- If you get the flashing screen issue, that's a problem that is resolved by doing updates.
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@dafyre said in Linux Installation Issues:
@scottalanmiller -- If you get the flashing screen issue, that's a problem that is resolved by doing updates.
Flashing screen? It doesn't even load the OS yet. We are a long way from worrying about a flashing screen.
