I can't load Linux Mint LiveCD to install with EFI
 

Hi, I have an Acer laptop with EFI and Windows 10. I want to install Linux Mint 17.3 64-bit in dual boot. When I boot from an USB, I see GRUB with Linux Mint 64-bit and Linux Mint 64-bit (Compatible mode), however when I try to load either of them, the screen changes to black and nothing else. I've tried to create the USB with Rufus and Unetbootin, but the result is the same.

The ISO image that I downloaded is 64-bit version.

What happen? What can I do to install Linux Mint in dual boot and UEFI?

Thanks.

Did you do an md5 checksum on the downloaded Mint iso before putting it on the flash drive?
Some suggestions on installing once you get it booted at the site below.

http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/06/11/how...uefi-firmware/

Also take a look at the Ubuntu site below, particularly the section under "General Principles" since Mint uses the same installer.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

After update the BIOS I was able to install Linux Mint. However I can't load Linux or GRUB. When I turn on the PC, it always load Windows 10. I've tried some possible solutions but nothing... What can I do? I'm frustrated.

Now I have Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I selected EFI partition to boot when I installed Linux. Also in the BIOS I am using UEFI mode but with Secure Boot disabled. If I press F12 during the boot, I can choose the boot device, but I only can see the HDD (Windows Boot Manager).

xerz,

Welcome to LQ.

As well as yancek's recommendations, you could also benefit from looking at this guide:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/d...-8-ubuntu.html

Instead of using the USB drive, why not try burning the .iso image (64 bit) to a DVD and see if that makes any improvement?

NB I have just noticed that you are using Mint 17.3.

There have been some reported problems:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-rosa.html

Use the 17.2 version, try again and report back.

You could try running the boot repair software to gather more information on your partition and boot files to post here. See the link below which is the download site and has instructions. Do not try to do any repairs but select the option to "Create BootInfo summary" and post the link to the output here.

I've tried a repair with that software before, but I didn't have luck. Now, I ran Linux Mint LiveCD again, and I've installed Boot Repair. You can find the report as attached document.

Thanks to both.

xerez,

The Boot-Repair report indicates the following:

================== Suggested repair
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would reinstall the grub-efi-amd64-signed of sda7, using the following options: sda2/boot/efi

Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s fix-windows-boot use-standard-efi-file

=================== Final advice in case of suggested repair
If your computer reboots directly into Windows, try to change the boot order in your BIOS.
If your BIOS does not allow to change the boot order, change the default boot entry of the Windows bootloader.
For example you can boot into Windows, then type the following command in an admin command prompt:
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\...\grub*.efi
..

Read this first and make your own notes:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

Scroll down to:
Using Boot-Repair > Recommended repair.

You can either boot from your Mint live CD (or Boot-Repair CD) and carry out the Recommended Repair yourself OR, better still, since you say that have tried this previously, wait for further instructions as suggested by yancek.

The report: http://paste2.org/Nc2DGIep

In my BIOS I can't change the boot order, so I will try with this command:
Edit:
However it still doesn't work. When I reboot, my laptop starts to Windows.

Nobody?

Did you allow boot-repair to do the repair ?.

From a power-on get to the boot list (maybe F9, F10 or F12 - it varies). If there is a Ubuntu entry, select that.

I'm wondering how you could install Mint and not have it install grub.

Sorry I don't understand your question. What do you want to say with "allow boot-repair to do the repair"?

I booted from a Linux Mint LiveCD and I installed Boot-Repair. Then I did the "Recommended repair". Do I have to do any more?

In my laptop the boot list or "Boot Manager" only shows "Windows Boot Manager" when I select F12 on power-on.

Thanks.

I wasn't sure if you actually did the recommended repair or simply got the report.
Boot the Mint USB and install efibootmgr - then from a terminal run this and post the output

Can I join the topic? I also have the Acer Aspire laptop and exactly the same problems as Xeres before his BIOS update, should I try to update my BIOS? How?

Just let me add that I have already tried many Linux distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Mandriva, Mageia (Mageia is build to work on UEFI), and knoppix.

Debian based systems have shown me, "Loading the kernel ..." and then freeze.
Fedora showed me "ACPI: Can not load system description table."
Mandriva and Mageia showed nothing - black screen...

I am sick of Windows 10

Andros705, hello and welcome to LQ.

I might suggest a new post for your issue would bring better results maybe.

As for uefi in general, I tested ubuntu LTS on a new system. Since uefi bios is goofy and you have to play with some things I can say that on my system I had to load bios setting to be custom (as opposed to win7/win8) Boot uefi and disable secure boot. Then on reboot I had to change to windows 8. However some usb's have to be created one way or the other. Some will seem to work with dd while others seem to work well with 7z command line while others work on Rufus. It will be a trial and error unless some web page offers exact steps for your exact system.