06-25-2019, 04:24 PM
Hoping to breathe new life into an old Acer Desktop (specs at end) I wasn't using and maybe learn me some Linix Lite (LL)...
Where I'm at now:
Disabled Fast Startup, Etcher'd an ISO of the latest version onto a 4Gb USB drive, booted with F12 on restart vs. changing BIOS boot priority. LL came up fine and I selected the Install icon. Got to the dual boot, disk partitioning step, all fine to this point, and realized I didn't check the BIOS Legacy and Secure Boot settings. Backed out of install and restarted, checked BIOS and realized those options don't exist in this Acer 2011 BIOS version. Did a bit more reading of LL Help Manual and found the install issues section. Got to the part asking:
"If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, it could be installed in either BIOS/Legacy-mode or in UEFI-mode; so you will need to investigate further. "
Here's a screen shot of the drive (new to imgur..hope it works). I'm stuck here wondering if I can continue with the Dual Boot install since I can't change the Legacy/Secure Boot settings.
![[Image: Uz8Q6hk.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Uz8Q6hk.jpg)
So the first question is can I continue?
Second is when I partition the drive to run alongside Windows 10, how much space should I give to each? This isn't a machine I use regularly.
Thanks for any help....
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Machine: (Acer X-1430 G Desktop, AMD E-450 APU 1.65GHz w/Radeon, 4Gb memory/900 something Gb drive with Windows 10)
BIOS Boot Priority: 1. EFI Device 2. Hard Disk 3. CD/DVD 4. Removable 5. LAN
Where I'm at now:
Disabled Fast Startup, Etcher'd an ISO of the latest version onto a 4Gb USB drive, booted with F12 on restart vs. changing BIOS boot priority. LL came up fine and I selected the Install icon. Got to the dual boot, disk partitioning step, all fine to this point, and realized I didn't check the BIOS Legacy and Secure Boot settings. Backed out of install and restarted, checked BIOS and realized those options don't exist in this Acer 2011 BIOS version. Did a bit more reading of LL Help Manual and found the install issues section. Got to the part asking:
"If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, it could be installed in either BIOS/Legacy-mode or in UEFI-mode; so you will need to investigate further. "
Here's a screen shot of the drive (new to imgur..hope it works). I'm stuck here wondering if I can continue with the Dual Boot install since I can't change the Legacy/Secure Boot settings.
So the first question is can I continue?
Second is when I partition the drive to run alongside Windows 10, how much space should I give to each? This isn't a machine I use regularly.
Thanks for any help....
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Machine: (Acer X-1430 G Desktop, AMD E-450 APU 1.65GHz w/Radeon, 4Gb memory/900 something Gb drive with Windows 10)
BIOS Boot Priority: 1. EFI Device 2. Hard Disk 3. CD/DVD 4. Removable 5. LAN