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Problem installing version 17.04 on new laptop

Asked by Sam Jackson

I recently bought my wife and Acer Aspire One Laptop, and I want to install Ubuntu on it instead of windows. However, when I booted the installation media, the first time I used a CD, and it froze during installation. So I decided to use a USB stick and erase the previous installation attempt and start over. However, that also got stuck during the process and the installation has not finished. The machine now will not boot without the boot disc inserted. Is there something I can try to get this installation to succeed?

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Bashing-om (bashing-om) said : 		#1

Sam Jackson; Hello;

Acer == vendor lockin !
You have to jump through some hoops to install alternate operating systems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2330267 <- set "trust" on the Ubuntu/grub .efi files.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2333630 <- oldfred : Ubuntu on Acer Aspire new Laptop
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2332385#post13525158
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/windows#TOC-Change-some-UEFI-settings <- Windows 8.x and 10: how to prepare it for dual boot with Ubuntu

-my bit to try and help-

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Sam Jackson (sjjackson) said : 		#2
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Sam Jackson (sjjackson) said : 		#3

The install got stuck installing a grub package. Now, when I shut it down and tried to start over, I get a blank screen or "Security boot fail." I really have no idea what to do, because I literally just got this yesterday.

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Bashing-om (bashing-om) said : 		#4

Sam Jackson; Hummm ..

Maybe a number of reasons why.

What pops to mind first is the machine is EFI? You installed ubuntu in legacy mode, and attempting to boot via EFI ? The two modes are not compatible ( EFI/MBR) .

Let's have a look at the hard drive's partitioning. See if the efi Boot partition is present or needed.
Boot up the liveUSB to " try ubuntu"; key combo ctl+alt+t to gain a console interface; and post back the output of terminal command:
sudo parted -l

We do what we can to get ubuntu booted

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Sam Jackson (sjjackson) said : 		#5
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

You may want to test your RAM using Memtest86 from the install media

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#7

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