03-26-2015, 10:39 PM
Hey technomancer,
I don't know if the OP is still with us or not. Don't really want to have this thread vier off on to you and your machine, but just for the heck of it let's see if we can at least figure out how to get your live DVD/USB booted. If we can do that, then maybe we can move further posts to finish the install to their own thread.
You'll need to boot the live LL DVD/USB in BIOS/Legacy mode because that is the only mode it will boot in (no support for UEFI on LL). Make sure you have both Fast Startup and Secure Boot disabled and do a full shutdown of Windows 8 before attempting to boot LL. Load the DVD (or plug in the USB) before powering on. From what I've seen on forums, for Asus machines you need to slowly and repeatedly tap either the <ESC> key or the <DEL> key during intial post (immediately after powering on) in order to bring up the Boot Menu. (This is not the same Boot Menu as is found within the main UEFI Settings. It's a separate boot menu that controls booting only for that particular boot session.)
If you can get to the Boot Menu, there should be a choice for UEFI booting and another for non-UEFI (don't know what exact wording will be). Choose non-UEFI option and that should let you boot the LL system.
Let us know what happens when you try this and/or how far you got. Maybe take digital photo if necessary to show us where it gets stuck. If you can at least get booted, we can probably get it installed.
I don't know if the OP is still with us or not. Don't really want to have this thread vier off on to you and your machine, but just for the heck of it let's see if we can at least figure out how to get your live DVD/USB booted. If we can do that, then maybe we can move further posts to finish the install to their own thread.
You'll need to boot the live LL DVD/USB in BIOS/Legacy mode because that is the only mode it will boot in (no support for UEFI on LL). Make sure you have both Fast Startup and Secure Boot disabled and do a full shutdown of Windows 8 before attempting to boot LL. Load the DVD (or plug in the USB) before powering on. From what I've seen on forums, for Asus machines you need to slowly and repeatedly tap either the <ESC> key or the <DEL> key during intial post (immediately after powering on) in order to bring up the Boot Menu. (This is not the same Boot Menu as is found within the main UEFI Settings. It's a separate boot menu that controls booting only for that particular boot session.)
If you can get to the Boot Menu, there should be a choice for UEFI booting and another for non-UEFI (don't know what exact wording will be). Choose non-UEFI option and that should let you boot the LL system.
Let us know what happens when you try this and/or how far you got. Maybe take digital photo if necessary to show us where it gets stuck. If you can at least get booted, we can probably get it installed.
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