sorry about not showing error in detail got the error thanks to actionjbone with mx linux live log.
efibootmgr
efibootmgr-qcL "MX Linux"-d/dev/sda-p 1-l/EFI/MX/shimax64.efi
thanks for all your help
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The post you linked to is 9 years old, back then UEFI support on Linux was very limited. Nowadays, pretty much any distro under the sun supports it. The question then, is whether the computer has Secure Boot enabled and can be disabled. Ubuntu and Fedora are signed with Microsoft keys if I recall correctly, so you wouldn't need to disable it, unlike other distros.
You did say you tried installing Debian and Ubuntu, am I reading this right? Can you give us more details, like which ISO, how you created the Live USB, what error messages you got, etc.
old of image of tiring to fix it
I don't know why it wouldn't be possible.
Did you try installing it and see what happens? A BIOS with only UEFI shouldn't be a problem.
I tired installing and disabled Secure Boot but the install stops and can't find Secure Boot file thing. It is like Secure Boot is still enabled. Hope I making sense.
I once had a problem because the sata mode was set by default to some weird mode that only windows would work on, so I had to change it to ahci. Might be worth checking for it in the bios/uefi menu.
install linux on a Aspire es 15 es1-533-c27u
2021: https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/j9tep7/installing_linux_on_a_acer_aspire_es_15_a/
2022: https://medium.com/@thenujansandramohan/install-any-linux-distro-on-acer-aspire-es1-533-be8e2d6015ef
Considering many years have passed I don't think it's necessary to use a cutting edge distro anymore, but the reddit thread says something about having to update the BIOS to the latest version.
I was going to say I have used acers and its fine but I can turn off uefi on them sooooo.
Try MX Linux. It runs on a toaster, and I've never found a machine it wouldn't install on.
thanks mx linux is very nice OS.
but getting the same error and live log install is very nice.
What are you using to create the bootable installer? Rufus may have options to help with this.
Also, MX includes a bunch of system rescue tools. If grub-install doesn't work by myself, maybe chroot would help?
The MX community forums might be a good place to ask, too. Lots of power users there.