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Old 01-10-2020, 10:38 AM   #1
jackychan
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Hello,

I tried all day to install Linux Deepin but when Enter the basics settings like language, username, password; It asks me to get a partition which I have created, as well, an EFI which I also possess. What should I do? Thank youo for your help!
 
Old 01-10-2020, 10:48 AM   #2
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Any error messages? Where does it fail? Have you tried other distros? Deepin seems to have a lot of bugs.
 
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Old 01-10-2020, 11:10 AM   #3
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Some hardware basics would be useful. Is this a new computer you just purchased from a local retailer (brand name)? You haven't indicated that there was an OS pre-installed when you purchased it. If so, what was it. What exactly does " get a partition which I have created"? Why not post the exact message? And "EFI which I also possess" means what? You created it before or during the install or it was already present and being used by some other OS?

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Old 01-10-2020, 08:31 PM   #4
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It's an Asus ux480fd, bought 1 month ago, there was windows 10 Familly pre-installed when I purchased it. I wanted to dual boot with Linux Ubuntu. To do so, I had to uninstall the quick start mode, I had to partition my disk. I did it but the new OS doesn't see it apparently.

Now when I check my disk menu, I can see 2 disks: the first one, called Disk 0, containing one partition of EFI (260 Mo), one partition OS (where is windows I guess, NTFS I don't know what is it, then the new partition I created and then a recovery one of 650 Mo.
under all this, There is CD-ROM 0 which contains Deepin 15.10.1 2,29 Go CDFS.

I hope I brought you more details to see better what my problem might be. Big thanks to all of you
 
Old 01-10-2020, 08:32 PM   #5
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I forgot to mention: I my last attempt to Install Linux was with Deepin but instead I will install Ubuntu I think
 
Old 01-11-2020, 07:27 AM   #6
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It's an Asus ux480fd, bought 1 month ago
The hardware is too new for almost any Linux distro, definitely for one based on Debian stable.
 
Old 01-11-2020, 08:43 AM   #7
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It's an Asus ux480fd, bought 1 month ago, there was windows 10 Familly pre-installed when I purchased it.
If it runs Windows 10, it's a UEFI machine.
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Now when I check my disk menu, I can see 2 disks: the first one, called Disk 0, containing one partition of EFI (260 Mo), one partition OS (where is windows I guess, NTFS I don't know what is it, then the new partition I created and then a recovery one of 650 Mo.
under all this, There is CD-ROM 0 which contains Deepin 15.10.1 2,29 Go CDFS.
Disk 0 is your hard drive. The first partition on it is your EFI system partition. You want to keep this and pass the partition number to the Deepin installer. The NTFS partition contains Windows. I think the recovery partition is a factory image of Windows in case you want to reinstall it. The partition you created is where Deepin should go. But you should also leave enough space for a swap partition, and most people like to have a home partition as well. Many installer programs do the partitioning for you if you have empty space; I don't know if Deepin does because I've never used it.

PS: You might find this guide useful. When you were trying to install, did you use the "advanced" option? You need it to access the menus for a dual boot setup.

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Old 01-11-2020, 09:34 AM   #8
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The hardware is too new for almost any Linux distro, definitely for one based on Debian stable.
jackychan, according to this link and if this is your hardware, then the above statement isn't correct.

I've never tried to install Deepin Linux myself on anything, but from what you describe it sounds like an issue with it's internal drive. I can't say anymore than that based on what you've posted so far, as I'd need more info to be able to say much more. Although Hazel seems to offer some useful info above about that.

NTFS is a Windows file system that Windows uses as it's default file system that the Windows operating system itself is installed to. So it would be expected to see an NTFS formatted drive/partition listed in Ubuntu's installer program if it has Windows pre-installed by default.
 
  


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