Linux Installation Issues

DustinB3403

Creating my LiveUSB now, will reboot in a minute

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

Creating my LiveUSB now, will reboot in a minute

Which distro are you testing first?

tiagom

I wonder if it is related to this

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Realtek_8169_driver_problem

Could it be the network drivers hanging it all up? Perhaps disable the NIC in the bios and see if you're able to get past that?

tiagom

or booting with brokenmodules=r8169

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

@DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

Creating my LiveUSB now, will reboot in a minute

Which distro are you testing first?

Mint 18 (64-bit)

DustinB3403

Running a LiveUSB works just fine for me.

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scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 WTF It doens't even "kind of" boot here!!

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

@DustinB3403 WTF It doens't even "kind of" boot here!!

I used UnetBootin to create my liveUSB, from there did a direct download of Mint 18 64 bit (on windows 10)

Rebooted, hit ESC to get to the boot selection screen, chose my USB and was up in a minute or so.

thwr

@DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

@DustinB3403 WTF It doens't even "kind of" boot here!!

I used UnetBootin to create my liveUSB, from there did a direct download of Mint 18 64 bit (on windows 10)

Rebooted, hit ESC to get to the boot selection screen, chose my USB and was up in a minute or so.

Standard approach, should work with your system Scott. Maybe compare your UEFI/BIOS settings with @DustinB3403

DustinB3403

It actually took me a bit longer, I had to figure out what the boot selection key was on this beast.

scottalanmiller

You left SecureBoot on and everything? No changes?

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

You left SecureBoot on and everything? No changes?

No changes at all, I rebooted, tapped esc to get to the boot selection, and booted from my USB.

scottalanmiller

Ridiculous

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

Ridiculous

Bring your laptop out for a beer on Friday (i'll take a look at it)

DustinB3403

OK booting back into Windows, I have some things I have to finish there.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

OK booting back into Windows, I have some things I have to finish there.

You going to move to Linux on that beast for day to day use?

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

@DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

OK booting back into Windows, I have some things I have to finish there.

You going to move to Linux on that beast for day to day use?

IDK just yet, I might dual boot it. But i'll have to setup a partition.

If all of my games work on it, then sure. Why not.