I recently bought a 13 inch HP Stream and attempted replace Windows 10 with Linux Deepin 15.1, but haven't had much luck. The installation process seemed to go smoothly, however the machine won't boot into deepin, instead starting with "attempting repairs" and "diagnosing" whatever problem it thinks it has and never getting any further. I have installed linux on other machines before (not deepin) but I am more or less a novice and frankly a bit baffled as to where to go from here.

Anyone here had any problems installing deepin or any other distro with HP Streams?

Sounds like possibly a UEFI issue.... If you enable "legacy" bios from within the BIOS setup menu, you may have more success.... Due to the lack of details provided, I'm shooting in the dark at small targets, but that's the first thing I think of based on what you're describing. If you're unable to turn on legacy bios, perhaps turning off secure boot will get you started in the right direction.

I'd say this: get into your BIOS setup, and then see if you can enable an option for legacy bios, (or a similar option) and then retry your installation, you may find more success.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxAction...eam_13_laptop/

Just found this link on reddit, perhaps that'll get you started in the right direction.

Hello,

Most probably it is a UEFI problem. From what you say, you have replaced Windows 10. Well, usually the UEFI firmware settings (the new BIOS, we might say), will look for your efi binaries on the EFI partition, and it is highly probable that the Boot Options will list the Windows 10 efi binary first. So, the /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi gets loaded and it looks for your Windows 10 installation on hard disk, but it can't find it, so launches a repair procedure.

First, check your UEFI firmware settings by booting into the setup at boot by pressing F10/F12/ESC, whatever works with your machine. Check the Boot Options.

If the Linux efi binary is not listed there, it will mean you have to install it manually. I understand Deepin is Debian-based. So check this out: https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI.

The efibootmgr is a powerful tool. If you can boot into your Deepin installation with a Live CD/USB, you might use it to put your Linux efi binary on the EFI partition.
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sla...based_hardware

I have two hp stream 11's and run debian on them. I created an ubuntu 14.04 usb stick for them, but none of the ubuntu kernels work on this atom laptop. Slapping a debian kernel onto that install works just dandy though. As long as I select the debian kernel at boot time.

I ran Mageia and Debian on my Stream 11 while I had it, with no issues other than getting the wireless working in Debian. Once I got that sorted, had no issues whatsoever.