Installing Trisquel on PC with Gigabyte UEFI dualbios
I cannot for the life of me get a live cd of any distro to run on this pc. I can get the live cd to be read, and I can see the splash screens, but when I choose to "try without installing" or "install" options, I get a black screen with a white, flashing dash and it just hangs indefinitely.
What on earth is gigabyte uefi dualbios and why can't I get any live cds to run?
You might need to pass some special parameters to Linux on your hardware. I believe hitting the F1-12 keys present you with some options just before selecting "try without installing" or "install".
I hit F6 and changed it to apci=off and nomodeset, and then was greeted by the issue of there being "no free firmware".
Experienced similar problem with xubuntu and mint, so it's not a trisquel issue.
I've searched around and it looks like I'm going to have to tinker with a whole bunch of UEFI settings to get it working. I will report back if/when I get it working to let people know. I've run out of time and I'm back to work.