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dazemc

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From: Seattle, Washington, USA

Registered: 2013-03-02

Posts: 64

Asus ROG G20AJ problems. Booting installation media and more.

Okay..... I know how to install Arch. I have done it numerous times. But, this 'thing' is pushing me over the edge. I can only boot the USB archiso if I reset the BIOS/UEFI to factory settings. Secure boot is disabled. I complete the install to one of my two SSD (the other has a Windows installation). Then I try to boot and either freezes at initiating ramdisk (BIOS) or black screen on EFI. Windows boots fine. I really don't know what to do at this point I feel like I've tried everything. Thanks in advance for any pointers.

dockland

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

Posts: 861

Re: Asus ROG G20AJ problems. Booting installation media and more.

Some thing I have to do before installing ArchLinux on my ASUS Deluxe II MB is:

1. Disable "fast boot" or quick boot might be the name
2. Delete all secure boot keys
3. Make sure secure boot is in state "Unloaded/Disabled" then save and reboot back to UEFI just to verify settings was properly saved
4. During installation i install intel-ucode and put intel-ucode.img in my 

/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

5. Make sure /boot is properly mounted during config of bootloader.
(6. I'm on Nvidia drivers myself, so i install them as well, before i reboot.)

E: To clarify, i'm using systemd-boot

Last edited by dockland (2017-09-24 10:51:26)

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: Asus ROG G20AJ problems. Booting installation media and more.

Does this help?
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.p … post520023

Obviously those instructions are for Ubuntu, but should easily be adapted for Arch.

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