I have 2-in-1 laptop with Windows (32 bit) and 32 bit UEFI, what doesn't allow me to boot in legacy mode. In that laptop there is Intel Atom x5-z8300 (64 bit) and 2 GB of ram. I want to install (maybe dual boot) Kubuntu there, but the 32 bit instalation doesn't allow to boot in "pure" UEFI and the 64 bit instalation can not be installed, because it can't be run. I looked for simple solution, but did not find any. What should I do? (Windows there are so slow, even writing this Q lagged (this was written on the laptop))
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See if anything from https://askubuntu.com/a/715843/158442 helps (maybe adapted for 16.04, which shouldn't differ significantly) – muru Jun 26 '18 at 20:38
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Also similar: https://askubuntu.com/questions/775498/ubuntu-on-32-bit-uefi-only-based-tablet-pc – oldfred Jun 26 '18 at 20:42
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I've got a system very similar to your specifications. So here is what you've to follow,
- Make a Easy to boot drive......with agFM files for UEFI32 booting, You can find out more about this on their website.
- Download Kubuntu AMD64 and copy it over to the USB stick (USB DRIVE/_ISO/Linux)
- Download GRUB2WIN and install it to your EFI system partition
- Boot into your Kubuntu using the Easy to boot drive you've created earlier
- Install it along side windows (Dual boot)....The installation will fail, but reboot
- Boot back to Windows and Create a UEFI entry using GRUB2WIN and you can do all kinds of customizations there
- Boot back to Linux and wipe out the WINDOWS partition
- Use Gparted live to merge the windows portion to the Linux partition
- You can remove windows UEFI entry, set grub timeout to 0, and set Kubuntu to default in Step 6 (in GRUB2WIN)
- You've successfully installed KUBUNTU on UEFI32
Links :
- This is a video to get some clear idea of GRUB2WIN https://youtu.be/fkY4n2W18Aw
- Here is GRUB2WIN https://techseedr.wixsite.com/website/post/grub2win-standalone-offline-installer
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Notes this is like a hack to install 64bit UBUNTU OS's on UEFI32 I'm not 100percent sure about this process But I've installed UBUNTU 20.04 GNOME and UBUNTU 20.10 UNITY with this....So I am pretty sure that it is gonna work So, ALL THE BEST and HAVE FUN enter image description here This is my LAPTOP I installed Ubuntu Unity with this process
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And how to reinstall Kubuntu or something else, once Windows is gone? – Archisman Panigrahi Jun 19 '21 at 09:33
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Pretty big bump (3 years), but I'm sure someone will find this workaround very useful :). That is – I started using Arch Linux since and solved the issue with booting the ISO with and installing GRUB for 32-bit EFI. However, I think your answer solves the original question, so thanks. – Jakub Smetana Jun 19 '21 at 21:01