Wednesday, November 7, 2018

system installation - How to Boot Xubuntu 16.04 from UEFI Firmware

I recently decided to attempt to install Xubuntu 16.04 over my previous Windows 10 OS that shipped on my Acer Aspire E15 laptop with UEFI firmware. After creating an install media on a flash drive, I followed the procedure to completely erase the Windows OS and install Xubuntu on the drive in it's place. However, on restart it shows no bootable device. How can I get the bootloader registered with the firmware?


Some settings in the InsydeH20 Setup Utility that might be relevant:
- Boot Mode: UEFI
- Secure Boot: Disabled
- Supervisor Password Is: Set
- Secure Boot Mode: Standard (a number of greyed out options underneath here; erasing secure boot settings, selecting trusted UEFI files, factory restore to secure boot settings)


Note I am not trying to keep the Windows 10 OS for dual boot, it is gone already. Is there a way I can circumvent whatever issues the UEFI firmware introduces directly?

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