[SOLVED] AntiX full 64 bit does not install on Acer Aspire 5720

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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BobC wrote:

Linuxdaddy, I think he can’t boot it from his Ventoy flashdrive.

Ventoy works for some ISO’s, and not for others. I suggest burning it to a separate flashdrive using antiX’s or MX’s Live-USB-Maker program if possible after checking that the file being burned was good.

I agree; this has come up multiple times, and I remember a strong advisory to use either the Live USB Maker or a standard Linux utility (like dd) as an alternative. If you use Ventoy at all, restrict its usage to storing images; again, be advised that even this was discouraged in an earlier thread.

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I have an Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-55, which has an NVME SSD. By default, Acer has the SATA configuration in a mode that won´t work at all with any Linux distro I tried. The very best I could do was boot a Live image, but I couldn´t install it. The solution was equally weird: Go to the main Acer configuration screen, type in Ctrl-S, and a HIDDEN OPTION allowing you to change the SATA configuration appears! Set the SATA configuration to AHCI and then the NVME SSD drive becomes visible to all systems, and you can then do with it as you wish, including wiping it out. This may be intentional so that most customers won´t find it. This tidbit took me a couple of weeks to discover, but if you look carefully enough, it can be found – I just accidentally overlooked it until I repeatedly read documents that I had previously downloaded.

This setup may be completely different than the one on your hardware, but just be aware that Acer seems to do some unusual things with their disk configuration, ¨protecting it¨, but also making it difficult to modify until you find the specific way to access specific system configurations.

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[Member matematico65]

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ok, I followed your suggestions and I created a bootable usb with the antiX program.
I finally managed to install full 64bit antiX on my Acer Aspire 5720 :))
I found a modest increase in RAM consumption with this version compared to the 32-bit, but nothing important.
I thank you all once again for your generosity and patience.

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glad it worked matematico65,
the 64-bit will always use a bit more ram than 32-bit one.
can a moderator mark it as solved.

[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello everyone,

Complementing with some information about the use of Ventoy that was covered in the topic https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/please-stop-recommending-use-of-ventoy-and-balenaetcher/.
I was able to verify that Ventoy can boot several different ISOs and on different motherboards, but on some motherboards Ventoy just crashes after selecting the ISO and when it starts loading the OS. On some motherboards Ventoy cannot load your options menu screen.

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Olá a todos,

Complementando com algumas informações sobre o uso do Ventoy que foram abordadas no tópico https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/please-stop-recommending-use-of-ventoy-and-balenaetcher/.
Eu consegui verificar que o Ventoy consegue inicializar várias ISOs diferentes e em diferentes placas-mães, mas em algumas placas-mães, o Ventoy simplesmente dá erro após a seleção da ISO e no momento que começa a carregar o sistema operacional. Em algumas placas-mães o Ventoy não consegue carregar a sua tela do menu de opções.

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