Linux on F5-571

neilh23
neilh23 Member Posts: 2 New User
edited March 2023 in 2015 Archives

Trying to install Fedora 23 on an Aspire F15 (F5-571-50S0).

 

The boot just hangs on UEFI boot, and in legacy boot I get a freeze with "ACPI: Unable to load the System Description Tables". I've tried various kernel options, but it doesn't seem to want to boot.

 

An internet search for that term comes up with the same problem on E5 models, which seems to be a BIOS bug, and they found that downgrading the BIOS works, however I can't find a download for an older BIOS.

 

is there a way round this problem? Thanks!

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