Dear, here they report on the successful installation of linux x64 next to windows on our tablet - literally in a file container on the windows file system without changing the partitions on the disk:
https: //gist.github.co... 0/2154d09f864894b8fe84quote:
pjpmosteiro commented on 16 May 2018 •
Tanoe, yes, the 18.04 works better than other versions
Ok, guys, IВґve done a big research (and windows reinstallations;)) from my last entry, and here are the results:
I've been thinking these last 6 months about how to get Ubuntu booted in the Acer ... And I came to a conclusion:
If the BIOS / UEFI only allows booting the Windows Boot Manager, why not go for it? I mean, instead of trying to add an entry to the UEFI system, add it to the WBM.
At first, I thank about an old solution, a program called EasyBCD, but after several tries, I couldnВґt make it work. But it gave me an idea about how to "trick" the boot system.
So, I searched Google for an old solution that I used to use 10 years ago: WUBI. But I found a new versiГіn that supports .... UEFI! And not only UEFI, also 32 bits UEFI. The program installs an 32 bits UEFI called rEFInd, and also adds the Ubuntu boot option to the BIOS boot menu.
Link: (
https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases)So the process is as simple as download the Ubuntu ISO, put it in the same directory as WubiEfi and follow the assistent. The program creates the entry in UEFI, and done.
Tried with ubuntu 17, 18 and xubuntu. Best with Ubuntu 18.04 (best original x64 ISO. Yes, an 64 bits iso)
NOT TESTED: installation in other media than the integrated eMMC.
Windows IS NOT DELETED OR OVERWRITTEN in the proccess. The WUBI program adds a "ubuntu" folder in C unit and boots everything from there. If you want to delete the entire ubuntu installation, is as simple as execute the "uninstall" program in the ubuntu folder.
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I managed to try this on lubuntu 18.10.2
results:
1) windows 10 remained bootable and workable (I am writing this from it)
2) during installation:
a) a reboot is offered, after which the tablet boots into the livecd installation mode of lubuntu, while in the installation wizard:
- there were errors of the form print_req_error: i / o error dev Loop0, sector xxxxxx, a lot and with different numbers, but the installation continued without messages
- there was an error "I can’t install the EFI bootloader" with a warning "to propose - perhaps the system will not be bootable"
After the next reboot ... you will be taken back to windows, as The new efi bootloader is not registered in Beavis.
solution: go into the BIOS, enable secure boot, select the item to add a new bootloader, specify 32-bit, call ubuntu, OK, disable secure boot
at the next download, press f12 - then a menu of 2 items opens:
- windows boot manager
- ubuntu
when you select the second, the GRUB window will open, enter on it will launch lubuntu.
like a victory?
out of the box the window "wifi networks detected" pops up!
and ... that's it! only a picture with stars, no desktop manager.
Linux specialists, tell me what to do next - how lxde or what else to run there?
CTRL-ALT-F1 opens a window with the text print_req_error: i / o error dev Loop0, sector xxxxxx - and that's it
how to treat?