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Post by chrispea on Feb 14, 2024 20:37:59 GMT
Hi all,
The live usb works fine but the install always reverts to bios.
What's the trick to getting bootia32 into my install?
I see that there is no EFI folder on the install (on the internal storage.)
This is a 64-bit processor but 32-bit boot loader?
Maybe I grabbed the wrong distro?
Sorry I can't remember exactly which I downloaded.
I do remember reading that 64 bit was wasted on a pathetic 2GB memory so I didn't chose that.
Thanks for the help,
Chris P.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 14, 2024 21:35:54 GMT
You're trying to install from bodhi-7.0.0-legacy-beta.iso? Although I think uefi should work, if you're having difficulties, can you disable it and use legacy boot?
What do you mean by the install reverts to bios?
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Post by chrispea on Feb 14, 2024 23:31:12 GMT
Thanks enigma.
I've installed from the usb stick. On start up only the bios comes up. In bios the boot order lists 2 choices. Both are shown as (ubuntu). Neither choice works. Save and exit always results in bios screen.
I don't think the X205TA has the legacy boot option.
inxi -Fxl shows Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)
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I remember now. I installed the App Pack release.
I should go with the legacy 32-bit?
Funny that 64-bit works from the usb stick but not when installed.
Thanks,
Chris
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 15, 2024 0:54:02 GMT
You mentioned "I do remember reading that 64 bit was wasted on a pathetic 2GB memory so I didn't chose that." so I assumed you didn't use that. As to if you should, if you really only have 2GB memory, you'll make much better use of it with 32-bit OS, yes. Moksha uses half as much memory on 32-bit OS for example. There are a few downsides, a few 3rd party apps you can't run - discord, element, steam, and google-chrome come to mind. Flathub doesn't offer 32-bit apps. But the stuff in official repos works fine (including firefox and chromium for browsers, you can run discord/element in a browser if needed, but no steam) as does building most 3rd party opensource stuff from source.
I have read about a way to boot 64-bit OS with 32-bit uefi, but it's not built into bodhi's iso. That wouldn't be a bad thing to add tho... I believe Mint has it built in. I'll do a little research and post back shortly. |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 15, 2024 1:14:38 GMT
It looks like bootia32.efi is already on the apppack ISO in the /EFI/BOOT folder....
I will keep looking into this but haven't found an obvious solution.
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Post by chrispea on Feb 15, 2024 3:10:44 GMT
Thanks enigma,
I will get the 32bit distro.
I found the bootia32 (and others) in BOOT folder in efi folder on the USB stick but I didn't find it in the installed OS file system. Maybe I don't know where/how to look. I'm new at this.
So far I'm liking the look of Bodhi. I expect I'll enjoy using it too.
So thanks for the project.
Chris
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 15, 2024 4:00:49 GMT
If you're going to go with Bodhi Legacy (32-bit), ignore this, it probably isn't necessary. (No guarantees tho, I don't have such a system to test on myself).
github.com/filirnd/x205ta states you must do some manual partitioning of your drive from the live iso *before* you start the installer, not just have the file on the iso:If you decide to start over and try that, you'd have to remove the existing partitions and partition table, in order to create gpt partition table and that 550MB efi partition, all of which you can do using gparted, which is on the live iso.
I also saw somewhere else that you have to disable secure boot, did you have that disabled? That might have been another model than yours tho, but certainly couldn't hurt to try.
Once installed, it should be in a separate partition than bodhi itself, so you won't see it in bodhi's filesystem... but if you mount the efi parittion I assume that file should end up there. |
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Post by chrispea on Feb 15, 2024 17:04:10 GMT
This is awesome. Thank you thank you!
I may try this just to see if it works without crashing/stalling chrome which I have been seeing when having more than a few tabs open. Which I think you alluded to above.
For now I'll load the 5.1.0 legacy and see how that goes.
Even working off the live usb this little netbook is pretty snappy which is what we're looking for so thanks again for Bodhi Linux.
Cheers,
Chris
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 15, 2024 18:20:58 GMT
For now I'll load the 5.1.0 legacy and see how that goes. I strongly recommend using the 7.0 legacy beta I linked earlier. Bodhi 5.1 is old and EOL; the beta is very close to release quality and is upgradable to the final release version when it comes along. After installation complete, as advised with any bodhi release, run "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" to make sure it's current, there's been a couple minor fixes since the iso was released. |
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Post by chrispea on Feb 15, 2024 18:43:51 GMT
Okay, great, I'll do that. Hadn't noticed that one.
Thanks for your help.
C
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