Zorin OS in Acer laptop

BorisBadinoff · 11-28-2018, 09:21 PM

I have an ACER Switch 3 laptop / tablet. I sent it out to 3 different techs to have Zorin OS installed into it but each time the techs were unsuccessful.
The last tech was a Linux guy and he told me that ACER and some other companies now have systems that only accept Microsoft operating systems and mostly windows 10.
I contacted Zorin and was told it can be done but I have not been able to have it installed.
Is there something I am missing or is this actually not
possible to do?

Boris

yancek · 11-29-2018, 06:29 AM

Recent Acer computers with pre-installed windows systems require you to set 'trust' in the BIOS before installing another OS so you will have to explore the BIOS for the correct option.

BorisBadinoff · 11-29-2018, 09:13 AM

Is there a procedure a person could follow to install this system or is the trust setting the only thing that is needed to install the OS. Is the trust setting hard to find?

rokytnji · 11-29-2018, 09:37 AM

On my google chromebooks. A write protect switch is in front of bios chip. It needs to be disabled before bios can be changed . Not sure if Acer has this setup like this or not. Just mentioning this.

hydrurga · 11-29-2018, 10:04 AM

This thread - https://forum.antergos.com/topic/839...-acer-switch-3 - appears to indicate that using REFind may be a solution due to a 64-bit processor / 32-bit UEFI situation.

Also, see this: https://community.acer.com/en/discus...inux-dual-boot for steps that someone took to install Mint on a Switch 3.