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Hello,
I have a MSI gaming laptop model GE72 6QF with nvidia gtx970m graphic card and wanted to install Linux in dual boot with Windows 10 Home, this idea came to me a week ago, since then I tried around 10 different Linux distros all unsuccessful. From Arch Linux to Steam OS all gave me problems to install/boot, after 20+ hours I finally managed to install and boot to Debian Buster 10. I decided to write this because I'm sure many others had issues and maybe gave up, so as follow:
Issue: Boot to Linux Live USB stick freezes as soon as logo screen appears. With ANY distribution.
To solve this I disabled fast boot from Windows 10
Entered the BIOS and chose UEFI with CSM
Secure boot disabled.
Set first boot option to USB
If all is good then you should be able to install your preferable Linux OS. If after you press Install OS the computer freezes then you have to edit the boot loader. To do this restart the computer and when the Install OS option shows press E to edit and look for the line that says "quiet splash" or "quiet", replace it for "nomodeset" without quotes. This should solve the problem.
After installing it then restart and remove USB stick, making sure you do that while computer is off and before goes on. If there's an option to install without graphic do so, it's way less complicated.
During first start if it freezes then restart computer and hold shift to show the grub, first option should be Start OS, press E to edit, look for the line that says "quiet splash" or "quiet" and this time add "nouveau.modeset=0" on the end.
This should make your OS start properly for the first time, make sure you install nvidia drivers from Linux ppa or download from nvidia site, otherwise you will have the same problem again.
This tutorial is confirmed working to install Solus OS as well.
I will add more tricks later.
I have a MSI gaming laptop model GE72 6QF with nvidia gtx970m graphic card and wanted to install Linux in dual boot with Windows 10 Home, this idea came to me a week ago, since then I tried around 10 different Linux distros all unsuccessful. From Arch Linux to Steam OS all gave me problems to install/boot, after 20+ hours I finally managed to install and boot to Debian Buster 10. I decided to write this because I'm sure many others had issues and maybe gave up, so as follow:
Issue: Boot to Linux Live USB stick freezes as soon as logo screen appears. With ANY distribution.
To solve this I disabled fast boot from Windows 10
Entered the BIOS and chose UEFI with CSM
Secure boot disabled.
Set first boot option to USB
If all is good then you should be able to install your preferable Linux OS. If after you press Install OS the computer freezes then you have to edit the boot loader. To do this restart the computer and when the Install OS option shows press E to edit and look for the line that says "quiet splash" or "quiet", replace it for "nomodeset" without quotes. This should solve the problem.
After installing it then restart and remove USB stick, making sure you do that while computer is off and before goes on. If there's an option to install without graphic do so, it's way less complicated.
During first start if it freezes then restart computer and hold shift to show the grub, first option should be Start OS, press E to edit, look for the line that says "quiet splash" or "quiet" and this time add "nouveau.modeset=0" on the end.
This should make your OS start properly for the first time, make sure you install nvidia drivers from Linux ppa or download from nvidia site, otherwise you will have the same problem again.
This tutorial is confirmed working to install Solus OS as well.
I will add more tricks later.
