Hi all,
I'm relatively new to linux and I've been trying to install it on my PC after using it on my laptop for a while. I tried installing Ubuntu 20.04 first, but the installation would fail as soon as it started. Then I tried elementary OS 5.1.5, which wouldn't load unless the USB installer was in a USB3 port, and the mouse and keyboard wouldn't work unless in a USB3 port also. I saw another thread on here which said that IOMMU should be disabled in the BIOS, and "iommu=soft" be added to the GRUB commands. This worked in the live system, but when I went to install it (when I loaded the installer in EFI mode), it failed saying: "Failed to create ESP partition on /dev/sda1" or something similar. When I ran it in legacy mode, it would install fine, but when I rebooted the computer to run it, it wouldn't load, and would eventually say "error: no such partition" and show "GRUB rescue". I followed a YouTube guide (
) it would show "Filesystem is unknown" for all the drives. I tried installing again and again to no avail. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
My specs are:
AMD FX-8320
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
RX 580
installing on a SATA internal hard drive
Not sure what else would affect it.
All help is greatly appreciated.
I'm relatively new to linux and I've been trying to install it on my PC after using it on my laptop for a while. I tried installing Ubuntu 20.04 first, but the installation would fail as soon as it started. Then I tried elementary OS 5.1.5, which wouldn't load unless the USB installer was in a USB3 port, and the mouse and keyboard wouldn't work unless in a USB3 port also. I saw another thread on here which said that IOMMU should be disabled in the BIOS, and "iommu=soft" be added to the GRUB commands. This worked in the live system, but when I went to install it (when I loaded the installer in EFI mode), it failed saying: "Failed to create ESP partition on /dev/sda1" or something similar. When I ran it in legacy mode, it would install fine, but when I rebooted the computer to run it, it wouldn't load, and would eventually say "error: no such partition" and show "GRUB rescue". I followed a YouTube guide (
My specs are:
AMD FX-8320
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
RX 580
installing on a SATA internal hard drive
Not sure what else would affect it.
All help is greatly appreciated.