Ubuntu DualBoot on Acer Swift 3 SF-314 55G

JohnathanWick

How can I properly setup DualBoot on Acer Swift 3  SF-314 55G ?

Commodore_1995#

The first thing you should check is whether sata mode is in ahci on the bios. If not, do this:

a) on windows, press windows + r and type msconfig. Go to system startup and activate safeboot and restart windows;

b) then, access the bios, go to the main tab and press ctrl + s. Change the sata mode to ahci. Also enjoy and activate the f12 boot menu. Also create a password on setsupervisorpassword to disable secureboot;

Now, on windows, I suggest that you decrease the partition size using disk management. A partition will appear as "unallocated space". It is on this partition that you must install linux.

You should configure the usb stick like this:

diskpart

list disk

sel disk x

clean

convert gpt

create partition primary

format fs = fat32 quick

assign

Then extract the ubuntu iso to the usb stick.

Commodore_1995#

Ubuntu will not detect rst with optane mode. You must change the sata mode to ahci.

Commodore_1995#

The first thing you should check is whether sata mode is in ahci on the bios. If not, do this:

a) on windows, press windows + r and type msconfig. Go to system startup and activate safeboot and restart windows;

b) then, access the bios, go to the main tab and press ctrl + s. Change the sata mode to ahci. Also enjoy and activate the f12 boot menu. Also create a password on setsupervisorpassword to disable secureboot;

Now, on windows, I suggest that you decrease the partition size using disk management. A partition will appear as "unallocated space". It is on this partition that you must install linux.

You should configure the usb stick like this:

diskpart

list disk

sel disk x

clean

convert gpt

create partition primary

format fs = fat32 quick

assign

Then extract the ubuntu iso to the usb stick.

JohnathanWick

The first thing you should check is whether sata mode is in ahci on the bios.

Isn't AHCI supposed to be for SATA Drives? My notebook has a NVMe SSD

Commodore_1995#

Ubuntu will not detect rst with optane mode. You must change the sata mode to ahci.