(Lots of info in the title so that other people with the same problem may find it.)
I bought an Acer Aspire ES1-132, knowing that installing Linux might be a bit of a hassle.
What I have done so far:
- Updated BIOS (InsydeH20) to version 1.09.
- Disabled "Secure Boot" in BIOS.
- Ran the Ubuntu Live-USB and installed on the HDD (eMMC).
- Did not use guided partitioning and created 3 partitions according to
this guide: How to use manual partitioning during installation? - Got "No bootable device" on startup.
This is where I am:
If I start the computer with the live-usb I can access the grub cli (c key at the usb boot loader menu) and by running these commands I can mount access the installed Ubuntu desktop, seemingly without other problems:
set root=(hd1,2)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
initrd /initrd.img
boot
And if I just put the computer in sleep mode it "starts" as usual. The annoying thing is having to carry a usb-drive around every time I need to restart the thing.
If I run lsblk I get:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0rpmb 179:24 0 4M 0 disk
mmcblk0boot0 179:8 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk0boot1 179:16 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk0 179:0 0 58,2G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 18,6G 0 part /
├─mmcblk0p3 179:3 0 35,8G 0 part /home
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 3,8G 0 part
└─cryptswap1 253:0 0 3,8G 0 crypt [SWAP]
and df:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 1913736 0 1913736 0% /dev
tmpfs 387044 6472 380572 2% /run
/dev/mmcblk0p2 19091584 5867364 12231352 33% /
tmpfs 1935208 63800 1871408 4% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1935208 0 1935208 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p3 36819652 872108 34054168 3% /home
tmpfs 387044 12 387032 1% /run/user/121
tmpfs 387044 92 386952 1% /run/user/1000
/home/jens/.Private 36819652 872108 34054168 3% /home/jens
So when I restart the computer I get a "No bootable device".
What I have tried that didn't work:
- Set "trusted file" (or whatever it's called) in the BIOS, since that option isn't available to me, even after setting supervisor password.
- Running boot-repair, when I do I can no longer use the method I have now to access the OS.
Any suggestions?
Best Answer
Many thanks fpl2 - you gave me vital info that I've been after having had a few runs at this.
Note all of this was done with Secure Boot disabled and starting with USB boot at top of list as bootable devices.
I managed to do a clean minimal install of Ubuntu 18.04 with a live USB stick on my Acer Aspire ES1-132-C8WF. This time, though, without requiring REFIND, I found that after my install if I run the Ubuntu installation USB again, then run a live session (Try Ubuntu) and do the following in a terminal (you obviously could do this in 3 or 4 commands, but this lets you see the manual steps as you go):
and hey presto! it boots, and the 'Windows Boot Manager' magically puts 'Windows Boot' (which is now actually Ubuntu 18.04) to the top of the list in the F2 boot menu.