12.3 RC2 seems nice but can't boot the iso on UEFI (asus X202e / S200 / VivoBook)

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Hi to everyone,

I wanted to try the new ISO but got some problems (new to all the UEFI part)

Just wanted to tell you that your RC2 ISOs don’t boot on my laptop. (checked the media)

I boot with UEFI from an external DVD-reader (works fine with Fedora) and you have a script that stops at

script/script.c:50 malloc 0x8d1b45c0

Here is the HW part :
Asus X202e known in France as the S200 or the VivoBook
Intel Core i3
4GB RAM
HD3000 video

The ISO boot on BIOS Legacy mode and when i start the installation part it shows some error.

Anyway, I don’t whant Legacy mode, i want to be able to dual boot with the Windows 8 that is already installed.

Can I do that on my hardware or should i go back and install Fedora (don’t want to do that, but i need a Linux on that PC)?

I’m rebooting the PC to take the a picture of the screen.

Any ideas?

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What works with Fedora, doesn’t necessarily have to work on openSUSE, there are differences in the way the install media are created.
Rather than an external drive, I suggest you create a USB-stick from the LiveCD iso, and try to boot from that.

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Looks similar to Access Denied

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Just tried the KDE Live on USB stick and still the same error

here is the screenshot LINK

http://s15.postimage.org/dpt0ulj5j/IMG_20130303_144608.jpg](http://postimage.org/image/dpt0ulj5j/)

Any idea, is this my PC or Grub2?

Thanks for the help

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Have more infos

seems like a grub2 bug.

The UEFI is allocating more memory than GRUB2 is expecting.

(found some info about grub2 trying to use low memory that is already allocated by the UEFI)

Tried to boot a testing Debian and there is the same problem.

However,

is there an option to set, or a ISO with some other boot loader to try?

Am I the onlyone with this problem?

If it’s needed i can do more tests on my Asus laptop.

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Could you post links?

Am I the onlyone with this problem?

Do you read replies to your questions? I gave you link to very similar bug.

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Ubuntu

Debian
#549429 - error: too small lower memory (0x99100 > 0x96000) - Debian Bug report logs](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=549429)

The link you gave is about 12.2 and ELILO, no?

lsmem -> error can’t find command
lsefimem -> error can’t find command

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And one link you gave is about memtest86+. no? :stuck_out_tongue:

lsmem -> error can’t find command
lsefimem -> error can’t find command

Did I really wrote them? Then sorry.

lsmmap
lsefimmap

Unfortunately the output is pretty long. Ideal would be to hook serial port as console, but at least photos of all pages would be helpful.

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Boots fine on a Lenovo notebook, in UEFI mode, from an external dvd drive … :expressionless:

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Still nothing,

Don’t know if it is me or the GRUB2, but there is something sh@#&

(not found the lsmmap or lsefimmap)

For the moment I’ve tested the lattest Debian testing 64 and Ubuntu 12.10 (both with GRUB2) and still nothing

Unless you have a new iso to test, i’m gonna search for a linux distro that can boot on my Asus VivoBook

I know that this isn’t the pace, but if you know a linux distro that isn’t using GRUB2 to boot on UEFI, i’ll take it for a test

how i can tell that this isn’t a hardware problem?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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I guess, it cannot read module(s) with these commands due to memory problem. Oops.

It is possible to build core.img with these modules though … but not for installation from DVD of course :frowning:

if you know a linux distro that isn’t using GRUB2 to boot on UEFI

openSUSE 12.2? :slight_smile:

DVD boots with ELILO and you can select ELILO as your bootloader too.