Setup Option Missing on Install

Friends, I would be most grateful for your help.

I just bought a new Acer Aspire ES 11 computer. I have been using Acer computers for more than ten years, always running Linux.

I installed Linux Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on my new computer, with a default install throughout, erasing Windows 10.

On rebooting, my Acer reported: 'No Bootable Device'.

The Setup Utility is called InsydeH20.

Reading various help threads, I understood that I would fix this through the Setup Utility by:

Setting Secure Boot to [Enabled] (done)
Setting a Supervisor Password (done)
which would reveal the option 'Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing'

The problem is that the option 'Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing' does not then appear. Hence the title of my post.

What should I do?

My complete Setup Utility settings look like this:

Main

System Time
System Date

Network Boot [Disabled]
F12 Boot Menu [Enabled]

Wake on LAN [Disabled]
Touchpad [Advanced]
Lid Open Resume [Disabled]
D2D Recovery [Enabled]
GPT Partition Recovery [None]
Clear GPT Partition [None]
GPT Partition Record No Record

Security

Supervisor Password Is: Set
User Password Is: Clear
HDD0 Password Is: Clear

Set Supervisor Password: [Enter]
Set User Password [Enter]
Set HDD0 Password [Enter]

Password on Boot [Disabled]

Secure Boot Mode [Standard]
Erase all Secure Boot Setting: [Enter]
Restore Secure Boot to Factory Default: [Enter]

Current TPM (TCM) State: Installed
Change TPM (TCM) State: [Enabled]
Clear TPM (TCM): [Clear]

Boot

Secure Boot: [Enabled]
Boot priority order:
1. HDD0: WDC WD5000LPCX-21VHATO
2. HDD1:
3. ATAPI CDROM:
4. USB FDD:
5. USB CDROM:
6: USB HDD:
7: Network Boot-IPV4:
8. Network Book-IPV6:

Accepted answers

scarboro

I would like to thank you all for your kind help. I have solved the problem. On the surface of it, Xubuntu is now running flawlessly on my Acer Aspire ES 11. It was not easy. In case it might be of help to others, here is the whole story: I first needed to install Xubuntu on the Acer. It now reported no bootable device. I created persistent Xubuntu on USB. I adjusted the Acer's UEFI, and booted up the persistent Xubuntu. From here I created a rEFInd USB, and rebooted from that. I selected the rEFInd Shell, and followed the tutorial that wis referred me to above. It seemed hard to believe when Xubuntu finally appeared, apparently in perfect shape.

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wis

Because no one else has responded, allow me to get the ball rolling.

1) Did you verified the Xubuntu .iso?
2) Did you use Rufus with these settings?

Image: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_5818f06b2056d.png

3) Did you try DD Image Mode?

scarboro

Thank you. I am grateful for your input.

In the interim, I have this information: Acer omitted the UEFI option "Trusted EFI file for executing" from their E and F series computers. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=254948 The question then is what next.

With regard to your questions, the .iso is verified, and I am able to boot up the Acer Aspire ES 11 live from a Xubuntu USB. With regard to Rufus, Windows has been erased from my Acer, so I cannot access it.

wis

While on my Chromebook, no application to edit images; hence the confusion. How about step 3, burning again in DD Image Mode?

wis

It took a bit of effort to read through Jedi Novice's breathless posts.

This what I've gleaned:
1) Secure Boot must be disabled.
2) This tutorial may be the answer.

scarboro

Thank you. rEFInd looks as though it may be a way forward. I succeeded in downloading it, but have not succeeded in turning it into a bootable USB. I am stuck here. I selected the downloaded file refind-flashdrive-0.10.4.img and transferred it to USB with Unetbootin. I receive the message 'Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed'.

wis

The author of the tutorial wrote that there are install instructions with the .zip file. Double check that you followed them to the letter & try burning again.

scarboro

I would like to thank you all for your kind help. I have solved the problem. On the surface of it, Xubuntu is now running flawlessly on my Acer Aspire ES 11. It was not easy. In case it might be of help to others, here is the whole story: I first needed to install Xubuntu on the Acer. It now reported no bootable device. I created persistent Xubuntu on USB. I adjusted the Acer's UEFI, and booted up the persistent Xubuntu. From here I created a rEFInd USB, and rebooted from that. I selected the rEFInd Shell, and followed the tutorial that wis referred me to above. It seemed hard to believe when Xubuntu finally appeared, apparently in perfect shape.

wis

.الله كريم (God is merciful.)

Scarboro, it was you who found Jedi Novice's thread in the Linux Mint forum in the first place. All I did was to wade through all the "hyperventilating". I hope that Administration would pin your thread somewhere because this is one tough nut to crack. If not, I have it bookmarked.

I hope you enjoy using Xubuntu as much I enjoy Linux Mint.

JordanB

@scarboro

Congratulations. Since you (and wis) have solved your problem, you can mark it as solved. It's up to you if you want to provide a more detailed step-by-step including your complete model number.

I'm assuming you have Acer Apollo Lake ES1-132-xxxx or something along those lines??? If you include your full model number, then people can usually figure out what platform you have and whether or not you have eMMC or HDD.

If you have an ES1-132, some people have used the links below to help solve the problem since the ES1-132 doesn't have "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing" in the UEFI as you have previously mentioned.

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/476726/es1-132-cannot-install-other-os-than-windows-10-bios-options-missing/p2

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/483647/acer-aspire-es1-132-c685-ubuntu-installation-dual-boot-single-os-fails-help

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/598643#Comment_598643

There's only a handful of Acer models that don't have the "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing" in the UEFI. Most Acer laptops do have "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing" in the UEFI.

The ES1-132 and the ES1-533 are the two most popular models that don't have "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing" in the UEFI, but it would appear that folks use different instructions for the respective models. The instructions that most people use for ES1-533 are below.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/862946/unable-to-install-ubuntu-on-acer-aspire-es1-533

The instructions that most people use for ES1-132 are below.

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/476726/es1-132-cannot-install-other-os-than-windows-10-bios-options-missing/p2

or

http://www.slabbe.org/blogue/2018/05/installing-ubuntu-18.04-on-aspire-es-11-es1-132-c6lg/

Obviously you have to know whether or not you have eMMC or HDD and use dev/mmcblk0p1 or dev/sda1 or dev/sda2 accordingly.

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