---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 2:01 AM Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu-Gnome on an Acer V5-171 Notebook win 10. To: <jjstcc...@telkomsa.net>
I read on the Acer forums, in order to disable secure boot you need to set a supervisor password. http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/How-do-I-disable-secure-boot-on-an-Aspire-V5-171/m-p/46701#M42393 On Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 1:50 AM Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Rufus for example did you flash the image with the UEFI option? Have > you tried other USB drives? When you enable UEFI through the firmware, is > secure boot disabled? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to get > an idea of what you've done so far. I know if you create an image with > Ubuntu start up disk application, UEFI is enabled. So unless UEFI is > enabled in the firmware, it won't boot. I know Rufus has an option to > enable UEFI support. > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 1:43 AM Nick Els <jjstcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I did through the F12 key and showing the available boot devices. With >> UEFI turned on no boot devices are available - very strange I'd say. >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Download Striata Reader for Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, >> Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE: Get it here. >> <https://reader.striata.com/download.php?version=windows> >> >> Download Striata Reader for Apple Mac OS X (Lion and Mountain Lion >> included): Get it here. >> <https://reader.striata.com/download.php?version=mac-osx> >> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* >> Upgrades & New PC's...*contact details at:* m >> <http://microtiger-it.za.net>t-computers-za.com >> <http://t-computer-za.com> >> >> Find a new Book? Books, Books, Books from Loot Books... >> <http://www.loot.co.za/browse/fiction?cat=qg&referrer=13844849355> >> Please consider the environment, do you need to print this E-mail? >> >> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Have you tried manually selecting the device during boot up. Dose it >>> detect the USB drive within the firmware? >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 1:18 AM Nick Els <jjstcc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've done all that, including turning off/on UEFI and using Rufus as >>>> well as Lili USB creator. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Download Striata Reader for Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows >>>> XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE: Get it here. >>>> <https://reader.striata.com/download.php?version=windows> >>>> >>>> Download Striata Reader for Apple Mac OS X (Lion and Mountain Lion >>>> included): Get it here. >>>> <https://reader.striata.com/download.php?version=mac-osx> >>>> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* >>>> Upgrades & New PC's...*contact details at:* m >>>> <http://microtiger-it.za.net>t-computers-za.com >>>> <http://t-computer-za.com> >>>> >>>> Find a new Book? Books, Books, Books from Loot Books... >>>> <http://www.loot.co.za/browse/fiction?cat=qg&referrer=13844849355> >>>> Please consider the environment, do you need to print this E-mail? >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would try turning on UEFI and see what happens and probably see if >>>>> using Rufus to create the usbLive image will help. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 11:20 PM Nick Els <jjstcc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm not able to get the Ubuntu-Gnome setup to run from the USB stick. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've disabled UEFI in the bios and disabled windows 10 fast start >>>>>> feature. >>>>>> >>>>>> when selecting the USB stick as the boot source then the boot source >>>>>> is being accessed the screen changes to black with the cursor sitting at >>>>>> the top left blinking - nothing happens, even waiting for 5 minutes. >>>>>> >>>>>> Installed the stick using unetbootin-windows-613 >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestions, help will be appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >>>>>> Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com >>>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>
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